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Sighni Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Sighni is a medium size village located in Jarmundi Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 86 families residing. The Sighni village has population of 369 of which 184 are males while 185 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sighni village population of children with age 0-6 is 67 which makes up 18.16 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sighni village is 1005 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Sighni as per census is 861, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Sighni village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Sighni village was 66.56 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Sighni Male literacy stands at 77.70 % while female literacy rate was 55.84 %.

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

Sighni Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 86 - -
Population 369 184 185
Child (0-6) 67 36 31
Schedule Caste 13 7 6
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 66.56 % 77.70 % 55.84 %
Total Workers 212 107 105
Main Worker 207 - -
Marginal Worker 5 1 4

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.52 % of total population in Sighni village. The village Sighni currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sighni village out of total population, 212 were engaged in work activities. 97.64 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.36 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 212 workers engaged in Main Work, 14 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 190 were Agricultural labourer.