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Kurman Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Kurman is a medium size village located in Jama Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 111 families residing. The Kurman village has population of 513 of which 246 are males while 267 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kurman village population of children with age 0-6 is 88 which makes up 17.15 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kurman village is 1085 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Kurman as per census is 913, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Kurman village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kurman village was 51.76 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Kurman Male literacy stands at 66.00 % while female literacy rate was 39.11 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Kurman 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 Kurman village.

Kurman Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 111 - -
Population 513 246 267
Child (0-6) 88 46 42
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 443 210 233
Literacy 51.76 % 66.00 % 39.11 %
Total Workers 302 143 159
Main Worker 178 - -
Marginal Worker 124 34 90

Caste Factor

In Kurman village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 86.35 % of total population in Kurman village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kurman village of Dumka.

Work Profile

In Kurman village out of total population, 302 were engaged in work activities. 58.94 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 41.06 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 302 workers engaged in Main Work, 121 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 52 were Agricultural labourer.