Karkat Population - Latehar, Jharkhand

Karkat is a medium size village located in Mahuadanr Block of Latehar district, Jharkhand with total 92 families residing. The Karkat village has population of 501 of which 256 are males while 245 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karkat village population of children with age 0-6 is 95 which makes up 18.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karkat village is 957 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Karkat as per census is 1209, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Karkat village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Karkat village was 63.05 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Karkat Male literacy stands at 67.61 % while female literacy rate was 58.03 %.

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

Karkat Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	92	-	-
Population	501	256	245
Child (0-6)	95	43	52
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	396	201	195
Literacy	63.05 %	67.61 %	58.03 %
Total Workers	276	143	133
Main Worker	247	-	-
Marginal Worker	29	14	15

Caste Factor

In Karkat village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 79.04 % of total population in Karkat village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Karkat village of Latehar.

Work Profile

In Karkat village out of total population, 276 were engaged in work activities. 89.49 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.51 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 276 workers engaged in Main Work, 158 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 55 were Agricultural labourer.