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Obra Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Obra is a medium size village located in Pandu Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 216 families residing. The Obra village has population of 1351 of which 703 are males while 648 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Obra village population of children with age 0-6 is 237 which makes up 17.54 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Obra village is 922 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Obra as per census is 866, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Obra village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Obra village was 75.49 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Obra Male literacy stands at 83.68 % while female literacy rate was 66.73 %.

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

Obra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 216 - -
Population 1,351 703 648
Child (0-6) 237 127 110
Schedule Caste 647 339 308
Schedule Tribe 7 4 3
Literacy 75.49 % 83.68 % 66.73 %
Total Workers 362 310 52
Main Worker 156 - -
Marginal Worker 206 157 49

Caste Factor

In Obra village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 47.89 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.52 % of total population in Obra village.

Work Profile

In Obra village out of total population, 362 were engaged in work activities. 43.09 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 56.91 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 362 workers engaged in Main Work, 47 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 74 were Agricultural labourer.