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Duma Population - Jamtara, Jharkhand

Duma is a medium size village located in Fatehpur Block of Jamtara district, Jharkhand with total 134 families residing. The Duma village has population of 558 of which 295 are males while 263 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Duma village population of children with age 0-6 is 72 which makes up 12.90 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Duma village is 892 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Duma as per census is 1000, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Duma village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Duma village was 65.43 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Duma Male literacy stands at 74.13 % while female literacy rate was 55.51 %.

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

Duma Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 134 - -
Population 558 295 263
Child (0-6) 72 36 36
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 473 253 220
Literacy 65.43 % 74.13 % 55.51 %
Total Workers 238 148 90
Main Worker 196 - -
Marginal Worker 42 9 33

Caste Factor

In Duma village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 84.77 % of total population in Duma village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Duma village of Jamtara.

Work Profile

In Duma village out of total population, 238 were engaged in work activities. 82.35 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.65 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 238 workers engaged in Main Work, 136 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.