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Surja Population - Giridih, Jharkhand

Surja is a medium size village located in Jamua Block of Giridih district, Jharkhand with total 125 families residing. The Surja village has population of 819 of which 419 are males while 400 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Surja village population of children with age 0-6 is 123 which makes up 15.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Surja village is 955 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Surja as per census is 984, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Surja village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Surja village was 54.74 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Surja Male literacy stands at 70.59 % while female literacy rate was 38.05 %.

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

Surja Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 125 - -
Population 819 419 400
Child (0-6) 123 62 61
Schedule Caste 188 94 94
Schedule Tribe 5 2 3
Literacy 54.74 % 70.59 % 38.05 %
Total Workers 439 225 214
Main Worker 16 - -
Marginal Worker 423 213 210

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 22.95 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.61 % of total population in Surja village.

Work Profile

In Surja village out of total population, 439 were engaged in work activities. 3.64 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 96.36 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 439 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.