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Kurma Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Kurma is a medium size village located in Saraiyahat Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 50 families residing. The Kurma village has population of 226 of which 119 are males while 107 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kurma village population of children with age 0-6 is 45 which makes up 19.91 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kurma village is 899 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Kurma as per census is 800, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Kurma village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kurma village was 55.25 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Kurma Male literacy stands at 63.83 % while female literacy rate was 45.98 %.

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

Kurma Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 50 - -
Population 226 119 107
Child (0-6) 45 25 20
Schedule Caste 53 29 24
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 55.25 % 63.83 % 45.98 %
Total Workers 75 63 12
Main Worker 37 - -
Marginal Worker 38 28 10

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 23.45 % of total population in Kurma village. The village Kurma currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kurma village out of total population, 75 were engaged in work activities. 49.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 75 workers engaged in Main Work, 26 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.