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Jaranga Population - Khunti, Jharkhand

Jaranga is a medium size village located in Erki(Tamar II) Block of Khunti district, Jharkhand with total 332 families residing. The Jaranga village has population of 1470 of which 743 are males while 727 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jaranga village population of children with age 0-6 is 196 which makes up 13.33 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jaranga village is 978 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Jaranga as per census is 1063, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Jaranga village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Jaranga village was 57.54 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Jaranga Male literacy stands at 74.85 % while female literacy rate was 39.62 %.

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

Jaranga Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 332 - -
Population 1,470 743 727
Child (0-6) 196 95 101
Schedule Caste 181 99 82
Schedule Tribe 1,102 547 555
Literacy 57.54 % 74.85 % 39.62 %
Total Workers 1,003 509 494
Main Worker 566 - -
Marginal Worker 437 98 339

Caste Factor

In Jaranga village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 74.97 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 12.31 % of total population in Jaranga village.

Work Profile

In Jaranga village out of total population, 1003 were engaged in work activities. 56.43 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 43.57 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1003 workers engaged in Main Work, 431 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 105 were Agricultural labourer.