Selda Population - Khunti, Jharkhand

Selda is a medium size village located in Murhu Block of Khunti district, Jharkhand with total 90 families residing. The Selda village has population of 509 of which 264 are males while 245 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Selda village population of children with age 0-6 is 79 which makes up 15.52 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Selda village is 928 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Selda as per census is 975, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Selda village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Selda village was 61.40 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Selda Male literacy stands at 74.11 % while female literacy rate was 47.57 %.

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

Selda Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	90	-	-
Population	509	264	245
Child (0-6)	79	40	39
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	507	262	245
Literacy	61.40 %	74.11 %	47.57 %
Total Workers	282	142	140
Main Worker	46	-	-
Marginal Worker	236	109	127

Caste Factor

In Selda village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.61 % of total population in Selda village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Selda village of Khunti.

Work Profile

In Selda village out of total population, 282 were engaged in work activities. 16.31 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 83.69 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 282 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 20 were Agricultural labourer.