Karanka Population - Khunti, Jharkhand

Karanka is a medium size village located in Murhu Block of Khunti district, Jharkhand with total 56 families residing. The Karanka village has population of 305 of which 154 are males while 151 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karanka village population of children with age 0-6 is 61 which makes up 20.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karanka village is 981 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Karanka as per census is 1346, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Karanka village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Karanka village was 63.11 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Karanka Male literacy stands at 75.78 % while female literacy rate was 49.14 %.

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

Karanka Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	56	-	-
Population	305	154	151
Child (0-6)	61	26	35
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	284	144	140
Literacy	63.11 %	75.78 %	49.14 %
Total Workers	137	67	70
Main Worker	2	-	-
Marginal Worker	135	65	70

Caste Factor

In Karanka village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 93.11 % of total population in Karanka village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Karanka village of Khunti.

Work Profile

In Karanka village out of total population, 137 were engaged in work activities. 1.46 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 98.54 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 137 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.