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Karahia Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Karahia is a medium size village located in Jama Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 87 families residing. The Karahia village has population of 410 of which 203 are males while 207 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karahia village population of children with age 0-6 is 75 which makes up 18.29 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karahia village is 1020 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Karahia as per census is 1206, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Karahia village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Karahia village was 41.79 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Karahia Male literacy stands at 53.85 % while female literacy rate was 29.52 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Karahia village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Karahia village.

Karahia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 87 - -
Population 410 203 207
Child (0-6) 75 34 41
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 112 56 56
Literacy 41.79 % 53.85 % 29.52 %
Total Workers 191 103 88
Main Worker 28 - -
Marginal Worker 163 77 86

Caste Factor

Karahia village of Dumka has substantial population of Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 27.32 % of total population in Karahia village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Karahia village of Dumka.

Work Profile

In Karahia village out of total population, 191 were engaged in work activities. 14.66 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 85.34 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 191 workers engaged in Main Work, 10 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.