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Matkhor Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Matkhor is a medium size village located in Jama Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 44 families residing. The Matkhor village has population of 229 of which 123 are males while 106 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Matkhor village population of children with age 0-6 is 33 which makes up 14.41 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Matkhor village is 862 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Matkhor as per census is 941, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Matkhor village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Matkhor village was 33.67 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Matkhor Male literacy stands at 32.08 % while female literacy rate was 35.56 %.

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

Matkhor Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 44 - -
Population 229 123 106
Child (0-6) 33 17 16
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 167 87 80
Literacy 33.67 % 32.08 % 35.56 %
Total Workers 62 60 2
Main Worker 59 - -
Marginal Worker 3 3 0

Caste Factor

In Matkhor village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 72.93 % of total population in Matkhor village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Matkhor village of Dumka.

Work Profile

In Matkhor village out of total population, 62 were engaged in work activities. 95.16 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.84 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 62 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 57 were Agricultural labourer.