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Pokta Population - Ranchi, Jharkhand

Pokta is a medium size village located in Lapung Block of Ranchi district, Jharkhand with total 228 families residing. The Pokta village has population of 1302 of which 648 are males while 654 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pokta village population of children with age 0-6 is 219 which makes up 16.82 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pokta village is 1009 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Pokta as per census is 973, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Pokta village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Pokta village was 53.65 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Pokta Male literacy stands at 64.62 % while female literacy rate was 42.86 %.

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

Pokta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 228 - -
Population 1,302 648 654
Child (0-6) 219 111 108
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,129 554 575
Literacy 53.65 % 64.62 % 42.86 %
Total Workers 502 294 208
Main Worker 401 - -
Marginal Worker 101 37 64

Caste Factor

In Pokta village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 86.71 % of total population in Pokta village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Pokta village of Ranchi.

Work Profile

In Pokta village out of total population, 502 were engaged in work activities. 79.88 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.12 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 502 workers engaged in Main Work, 227 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 153 were Agricultural labourer.