Dekla Population - Khunti, Jharkhand

Dekla is a medium size village located in Murhu Block of Khunti district, Jharkhand with total 66 families residing. The Dekla village has population of 348 of which 177 are males while 171 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dekla village population of children with age 0-6 is 67 which makes up 19.25 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dekla village is 966 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Dekla as per census is 811, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Dekla village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Dekla village was 58.36 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Dekla Male literacy stands at 72.86 % while female literacy rate was 43.97 %.

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

Dekla Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	66	-	-
Population	348	177	171
Child (0-6)	67	37	30
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	331	168	163
Literacy	58.36 %	72.86 %	43.97 %
Total Workers	157	82	75
Main Worker	10	-	-
Marginal Worker	147	73	74

Caste Factor

In Dekla village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 95.11 % of total population in Dekla village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dekla village of Khunti.

Work Profile

In Dekla village out of total population, 157 were engaged in work activities. 6.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 93.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 157 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.