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Bhalka Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Bhalka is a medium size village located in Masalia Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 110 families residing. The Bhalka village has population of 429 of which 211 are males while 218 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bhalka village population of children with age 0-6 is 60 which makes up 13.99 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bhalka village is 1033 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Bhalka as per census is 714, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Bhalka village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Bhalka village was 65.31 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Bhalka Male literacy stands at 77.27 % while female literacy rate was 54.40 %.

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

Bhalka Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 110 - -
Population 429 211 218
Child (0-6) 60 35 25
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 428 210 218
Literacy 65.31 % 77.27 % 54.40 %
Total Workers 252 120 132
Main Worker 9 - -
Marginal Worker 243 115 128

Caste Factor

In Bhalka village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.77 % of total population in Bhalka village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Bhalka village of Dumka.

Work Profile

In Bhalka village out of total population, 252 were engaged in work activities. 3.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 96.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 252 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.