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Turigara Population - Khunti, Jharkhand

Turigara is a medium size village located in Torpa Block of Khunti district, Jharkhand with total 221 families residing. The Turigara village has population of 1182 of which 575 are males while 607 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Turigara village population of children with age 0-6 is 233 which makes up 19.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Turigara village is 1056 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Turigara as per census is 835, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Turigara village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Turigara village was 66.17 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Turigara Male literacy stands at 78.79 % while female literacy rate was 54.89 %.

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

Turigara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 221 - -
Population 1,182 575 607
Child (0-6) 233 127 106
Schedule Caste 27 14 13
Schedule Tribe 884 439 445
Literacy 66.17 % 78.79 % 54.89 %
Total Workers 616 306 310
Main Worker 241 - -
Marginal Worker 375 107 268

Caste Factor

In Turigara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 74.79 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 2.28 % of total population in Turigara village.

Work Profile

In Turigara village out of total population, 616 were engaged in work activities. 39.12 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 60.88 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 616 workers engaged in Main Work, 181 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 35 were Agricultural labourer.