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Paharkesa Population - Gumla, Jharkhand

Paharkesa is a medium size village located in Verno Block of Gumla district, Jharkhand with total 200 families residing. The Paharkesa village has population of 1074 of which 546 are males while 528 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Paharkesa village population of children with age 0-6 is 223 which makes up 20.76 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Paharkesa village is 967 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Paharkesa as per census is 1046, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Paharkesa village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Paharkesa village was 58.05 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Paharkesa Male literacy stands at 70.71 % while female literacy rate was 44.69 %.

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

Paharkesa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 200 - -
Population 1,074 546 528
Child (0-6) 223 109 114
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 419 210 209
Literacy 58.05 % 70.71 % 44.69 %
Total Workers 476 262 214
Main Worker 469 - -
Marginal Worker 7 3 4

Caste Factor

In Paharkesa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 39.01 % of total population in Paharkesa village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Paharkesa village of Gumla.

Work Profile

In Paharkesa village out of total population, 476 were engaged in work activities. 98.53 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.47 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 476 workers engaged in Main Work, 442 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 13 were Agricultural labourer.