Kocha Population - Khunti, Jharkhand

Kocha is a medium size village located in Torpa Block of Khunti district, Jharkhand with total 244 families residing. The Kocha village has population of 1294 of which 650 are males while 644 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kocha village population of children with age 0-6 is 245 which makes up 18.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kocha village is 991 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Kocha as per census is 1042, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Kocha village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kocha village was 70.45 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Kocha Male literacy stands at 80.57 % while female literacy rate was 60.12 %.

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

Kocha Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	244	-	-
Population	1,294	650	644
Child (0-6)	245	120	125
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	840	410	430
Literacy	70.45 %	80.57 %	60.12 %
Total Workers	579	321	258
Main Worker	555	-	-
Marginal Worker	24	12	12

Caste Factor

In Kocha village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 64.91 % of total population in Kocha village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kocha village of Khunti.

Work Profile

In Kocha village out of total population, 579 were engaged in work activities. 95.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 579 workers engaged in Main Work, 466 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 17 were Agricultural labourer.