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Marcha Population - Khunti, Jharkhand

Marcha is a medium size village located in Torpa Block of Khunti district, Jharkhand with total 335 families residing. The Marcha village has population of 1825 of which 923 are males while 902 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Marcha village population of children with age 0-6 is 300 which makes up 16.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Marcha village is 977 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Marcha as per census is 1083, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Marcha village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Marcha village was 81.38 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Marcha Male literacy stands at 86.01 % while female literacy rate was 76.54 %.

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

Marcha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 335 - -
Population 1,825 923 902
Child (0-6) 300 144 156
Schedule Caste 6 2 4
Schedule Tribe 1,484 753 731
Literacy 81.38 % 86.01 % 76.54 %
Total Workers 731 433 298
Main Worker 513 - -
Marginal Worker 218 90 128

Caste Factor

In Marcha village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 81.32 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.33 % of total population in Marcha village.

Work Profile

In Marcha village out of total population, 731 were engaged in work activities. 70.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 731 workers engaged in Main Work, 358 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 42 were Agricultural labourer.