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Samtha Population - Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand

Samtha is a medium size village located in Manoharpur Block of Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand with total 275 families residing. The Samtha village has population of 1290 of which 627 are males while 663 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Samtha village population of children with age 0-6 is 207 which makes up 16.05 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Samtha village is 1057 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Samtha as per census is 1226, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Samtha village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Samtha village was 50.69 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Samtha Male literacy stands at 63.48 % while female literacy rate was 38.25 %.

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

Samtha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 275 - -
Population 1,290 627 663
Child (0-6) 207 93 114
Schedule Caste 95 43 52
Schedule Tribe 1,148 561 587
Literacy 50.69 % 63.48 % 38.25 %
Total Workers 792 389 403
Main Worker 356 - -
Marginal Worker 436 118 318

Caste Factor

In Samtha village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 88.99 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 7.36 % of total population in Samtha village.

Work Profile

In Samtha village out of total population, 792 were engaged in work activities. 44.95 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 55.05 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 792 workers engaged in Main Work, 282 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 17 were Agricultural labourer.