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Arta Population - Barmer, Rajasthan

Arta is a medium size village located in Chohtan Tehsil of Barmer district, Rajasthan with total 152 families residing. The Arta village has population of 1054 of which 551 are males while 503 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Arta village population of children with age 0-6 is 205 which makes up 19.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Arta village is 913 which is lower than Rajasthan state average of 928. Child Sex Ratio for the Arta as per census is 952, higher than Rajasthan average of 888.

Arta village has lower literacy rate compared to Rajasthan. In 2011, literacy rate of Arta village was 42.29 % compared to 66.11 % of Rajasthan. In Arta Male literacy stands at 57.17 % while female literacy rate was 25.81 %.

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

Arta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 152 - -
Population 1,054 551 503
Child (0-6) 205 105 100
Schedule Caste 327 176 151
Schedule Tribe 28 17 11
Literacy 42.29 % 57.17 % 25.81 %
Total Workers 435 280 155
Main Worker 268 - -
Marginal Worker 167 33 134

Caste Factor

Arta village of Barmer has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 31.02 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.66 % of total population in Arta village.

Work Profile

In Arta village out of total population, 435 were engaged in work activities. 61.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 435 workers engaged in Main Work, 216 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 23 were Agricultural labourer.