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Jalanga Population - Khunti, Jharkhand

Jalanga is a medium size village located in Karra Block of Khunti district, Jharkhand with total 215 families residing. The Jalanga village has population of 1114 of which 550 are males while 564 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jalanga village population of children with age 0-6 is 160 which makes up 14.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jalanga village is 1025 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Jalanga as per census is 1105, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Jalanga village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Jalanga village was 76.94 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Jalanga Male literacy stands at 85.86 % while female literacy rate was 68.13 %.

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

Jalanga Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 215 - -
Population 1,114 550 564
Child (0-6) 160 76 84
Schedule Caste 91 42 49
Schedule Tribe 791 385 406
Literacy 76.94 % 85.86 % 68.13 %
Total Workers 434 264 170
Main Worker 259 - -
Marginal Worker 175 50 125

Caste Factor

In Jalanga village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 71.01 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 8.17 % of total population in Jalanga village.

Work Profile

In Jalanga village out of total population, 434 were engaged in work activities. 59.68 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.32 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 434 workers engaged in Main Work, 174 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 17 were Agricultural labourer.