Barkoma Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Barkoma is a medium size village located in Tarhasi Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 207 families residing. The Barkoma village has population of 874 of which 462 are males while 412 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Barkoma village population of children with age 0-6 is 136 which makes up 15.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Barkoma village is 892 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Barkoma as per census is 943, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Barkoma village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Barkoma village was 43.36 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Barkoma Male literacy stands at 53.32 % while female literacy rate was 32.08 %.

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

Barkoma Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	207	-	-
Population	874	462	412
Child (0-6)	136	70	66
Schedule Caste	431	237	194
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	43.36 %	53.32 %	32.08 %
Total Workers	342	214	128
Main Worker	11	-	-
Marginal Worker	331	207	124

Caste Factor

In Barkoma village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 49.31 % of total population in Barkoma village. The village Barkoma currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Barkoma village out of total population, 342 were engaged in work activities. 3.22 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 96.78 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 342 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.