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Japkakona Population - Simdega, Jharkhand

Japkakona is a medium size village located in Simdega Block of Simdega district, Jharkhand with total 266 families residing. The Japkakona village has population of 1157 of which 547 are males while 610 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Japkakona village population of children with age 0-6 is 192 which makes up 16.59 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Japkakona village is 1115 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Japkakona as per census is 1430, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Japkakona village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Japkakona village was 66.84 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Japkakona Male literacy stands at 79.06 % while female literacy rate was 55.33 %.

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

Japkakona Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 266 - -
Population 1,157 547 610
Child (0-6) 192 79 113
Schedule Caste 36 14 22
Schedule Tribe 660 305 355
Literacy 66.84 % 79.06 % 55.33 %
Total Workers 667 386 281
Main Worker 179 - -
Marginal Worker 488 225 263

Caste Factor

In Japkakona village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 57.04 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 3.11 % of total population in Japkakona village.

Work Profile

In Japkakona village out of total population, 667 were engaged in work activities. 26.84 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 73.16 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 667 workers engaged in Main Work, 156 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.