Turka Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Turka is a medium size village located in Masalia Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 156 families residing. The Turka village has population of 680 of which 345 are males while 335 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Turka village population of children with age 0-6 is 116 which makes up 17.06 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Turka village is 971 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Turka as per census is 933, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Turka village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Turka village was 46.63 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Turka Male literacy stands at 58.95 % while female literacy rate was 34.05 %.

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

Turka Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	156	-	-
Population	680	345	335
Child (0-6)	116	60	56
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	672	342	330
Literacy	46.63 %	58.95 %	34.05 %
Total Workers	437	223	214
Main Worker	152	-	-
Marginal Worker	285	76	209

Caste Factor

In Turka village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.82 % of total population in Turka village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Turka village of Dumka.

Work Profile

In Turka village out of total population, 437 were engaged in work activities. 34.78 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 65.22 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 437 workers engaged in Main Work, 30 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 121 were Agricultural labourer.