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Urkiya Population - Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand

Urkiya is a medium size village located in Manoharpur Block of Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand with total 226 families residing. The Urkiya village has population of 1140 of which 586 are males while 554 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Urkiya village population of children with age 0-6 is 167 which makes up 14.65 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Urkiya village is 945 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Urkiya as per census is 835, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Urkiya village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Urkiya village was 56.32 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Urkiya Male literacy stands at 67.68 % while female literacy rate was 44.56 %.

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

Urkiya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 226 - -
Population 1,140 586 554
Child (0-6) 167 91 76
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 705 364 341
Literacy 56.32 % 67.68 % 44.56 %
Total Workers 671 340 331
Main Worker 136 - -
Marginal Worker 535 222 313

Caste Factor

In Urkiya village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 61.84 % of total population in Urkiya village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Urkiya village of Pashchimi Singhbhum.

Work Profile

In Urkiya village out of total population, 671 were engaged in work activities. 20.27 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 79.73 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 671 workers engaged in Main Work, 68 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.