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Salkagerya Population - Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand

Salkagerya is a medium size village located in Chakulia Block of Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand with total 122 families residing. The Salkagerya village has population of 497 of which 245 are males while 252 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Salkagerya village population of children with age 0-6 is 67 which makes up 13.48 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Salkagerya village is 1029 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Salkagerya as per census is 971, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Salkagerya village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Salkagerya village was 50.70 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Salkagerya Male literacy stands at 57.35 % while female literacy rate was 44.29 %.

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

Salkagerya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 122 - -
Population 497 245 252
Child (0-6) 67 34 33
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 326 164 162
Literacy 50.70 % 57.35 % 44.29 %
Total Workers 290 147 143
Main Worker 246 - -
Marginal Worker 44 19 25

Caste Factor

In Salkagerya village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 65.59 % of total population in Salkagerya village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Salkagerya village of Purbi Singhbhum.

Work Profile

In Salkagerya village out of total population, 290 were engaged in work activities. 84.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 290 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 126 were Agricultural labourer.