Zurkheda is a large village located in Dharangaon Taluka of Jalgaon district, Maharashtra with total 624 families residing. The Zurkheda village has population of 2300 of which 1174 are males while 1126 are females as per Population Census 2011.
In Zurkheda village population of children with age 0-6 is 277 which makes up 12.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Zurkheda village is 959 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Zurkheda as per census is 937, higher than Maharashtra average of 894.
Zurkheda village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Zurkheda village was 76.42 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Zurkheda Male literacy stands at 84.38 % while female literacy rate was 68.15 %.
As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Zurkheda 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 Zurkheda village.
Zurkheda Data
| Particulars |
Total |
Male |
Female |
| Total No. of Houses |
624 |
- |
- |
| Population |
2,300 |
1,174 |
1,126 |
| Child (0-6) |
277 |
143 |
134 |
| Schedule Caste |
284 |
154 |
130 |
| Schedule Tribe |
309 |
148 |
161 |
| Literacy |
76.42 % |
84.38 % |
68.15 % |
| Total Workers |
1,328 |
691 |
637 |
| Main Worker |
1,250 |
- |
- |
| Marginal Worker |
78 |
38 |
40 |
Caste Factor
Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 13.43 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 12.35 % of total population in Zurkheda village.
Work Profile
In Zurkheda village out of total population, 1328 were engaged in work activities. 94.13 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.87 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.
Of 1328 workers engaged in Main Work, 352 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 692 were Agricultural labourer.