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Demkapada Population - Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand

Demkapada is a medium size village located in Manjhari Block of Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand with total 288 families residing. The Demkapada village has population of 1526 of which 749 are males while 777 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Demkapada village population of children with age 0-6 is 317 which makes up 20.77 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Demkapada village is 1037 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Demkapada as per census is 1171, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Demkapada village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Demkapada village was 45.41 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Demkapada Male literacy stands at 60.53 % while female literacy rate was 30.36 %.

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

Demkapada Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 288 - -
Population 1,526 749 777
Child (0-6) 317 146 171
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,181 583 598
Literacy 45.41 % 60.53 % 30.36 %
Total Workers 849 475 374
Main Worker 336 - -
Marginal Worker 513 244 269

Caste Factor

In Demkapada village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 77.39 % of total population in Demkapada village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Demkapada village of Pashchimi Singhbhum.

Work Profile

In Demkapada village out of total population, 849 were engaged in work activities. 39.58 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 60.42 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 849 workers engaged in Main Work, 225 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 92 were Agricultural labourer.