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Buruma Population - Khunti, Jharkhand

Buruma is a medium size village located in Murhu Block of Khunti district, Jharkhand with total 121 families residing. The Buruma village has population of 716 of which 344 are males while 372 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Buruma village population of children with age 0-6 is 115 which makes up 16.06 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Buruma village is 1081 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Buruma as per census is 1255, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Buruma village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Buruma village was 63.23 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Buruma Male literacy stands at 71.67 % while female literacy rate was 55.19 %.

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

Buruma Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 121 - -
Population 716 344 372
Child (0-6) 115 51 64
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 712 342 370
Literacy 63.23 % 71.67 % 55.19 %
Total Workers 355 176 179
Main Worker 161 - -
Marginal Worker 194 96 98

Caste Factor

In Buruma village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.44 % of total population in Buruma village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Buruma village of Khunti.

Work Profile

In Buruma village out of total population, 355 were engaged in work activities. 45.35 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.65 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 355 workers engaged in Main Work, 132 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.