Birkera Population - Simdega, Jharkhand

Birkera is a medium size village located in Simdega Block of Simdega district, Jharkhand with total 163 families residing. The Birkera village has population of 864 of which 446 are males while 418 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Birkera village population of children with age 0-6 is 145 which makes up 16.78 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Birkera village is 937 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Birkera as per census is 790, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Birkera village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Birkera village was 65.79 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Birkera Male literacy stands at 74.52 % while female literacy rate was 56.78 %.

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

Birkera Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	163	-	-
Population	864	446	418
Child (0-6)	145	81	64
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	838	434	404
Literacy	65.79 %	74.52 %	56.78 %
Total Workers	399	227	172
Main Worker	155	-	-
Marginal Worker	244	98	146

Caste Factor

In Birkera village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.99 % of total population in Birkera village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Birkera village of Simdega.

Work Profile

In Birkera village out of total population, 399 were engaged in work activities. 38.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 61.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 399 workers engaged in Main Work, 131 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 11 were Agricultural labourer.