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Khunta Population - Giridih, Jharkhand

Khunta is a large village located in Sariya Block of Giridih district, Jharkhand with total 366 families residing. The Khunta village has population of 2328 of which 1180 are males while 1148 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Khunta village population of children with age 0-6 is 419 which makes up 18.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Khunta village is 973 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Khunta as per census is 940, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Khunta village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Khunta village was 64.06 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Khunta Male literacy stands at 80.29 % while female literacy rate was 47.51 %.

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

Khunta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 366 - -
Population 2,328 1,180 1,148
Child (0-6) 419 216 203
Schedule Caste 237 126 111
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 64.06 % 80.29 % 47.51 %
Total Workers 1,111 623 488
Main Worker 531 - -
Marginal Worker 580 246 334

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.18 % of total population in Khunta village. The village Khunta currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Khunta village out of total population, 1111 were engaged in work activities. 47.79 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 52.21 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1111 workers engaged in Main Work, 350 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 23 were Agricultural labourer.