Margaon Population - Khunti, Jharkhand

Margaon is a medium size village located in Murhu Block of Khunti district, Jharkhand with total 44 families residing. The Margaon village has population of 259 of which 134 are males while 125 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Margaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 47 which makes up 18.15 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Margaon village is 933 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Margaon as per census is 1474, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Margaon village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Margaon village was 55.66 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Margaon Male literacy stands at 68.70 % while female literacy rate was 40.21 %.

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

Margaon Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	44	-	-
Population	259	134	125
Child (0-6)	47	19	28
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	253	132	121
Literacy	55.66 %	68.70 %	40.21 %
Total Workers	140	75	65
Main Worker	39	-	-
Marginal Worker	101	52	49

Caste Factor

In Margaon village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.68 % of total population in Margaon village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Margaon village of Khunti.

Work Profile

In Margaon village out of total population, 140 were engaged in work activities. 27.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 72.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 140 workers engaged in Main Work, 19 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.