Hontopa Population - Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand

Hontopa is a medium size village located in Anandpur Block of Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand with total 68 families residing. The Hontopa village has population of 440 of which 210 are males while 230 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Hontopa village population of children with age 0-6 is 74 which makes up 16.82 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Hontopa village is 1095 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Hontopa as per census is 897, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Hontopa village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Hontopa village was 57.38 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Hontopa Male literacy stands at 69.01 % while female literacy rate was 47.18 %.

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

Hontopa Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	68	-	-
Population	440	210	230
Child (0-6)	74	39	35
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	440	210	230
Literacy	57.38 %	69.01 %	47.18 %
Total Workers	237	109	128
Main Worker	79	-	-
Marginal Worker	158	35	123

Caste Factor

In Hontopa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Hontopa village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Hontopa village of Pashchimi Singhbhum.

Work Profile

In Hontopa village out of total population, 237 were engaged in work activities. 33.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 66.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 237 workers engaged in Main Work, 73 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.