Jorko Population - Khunti, Jharkhand

Jorko is a medium size village located in Erki(Tamar II) Block of Khunti district, Jharkhand with total 67 families residing. The Jorko village has population of 343 of which 157 are males while 186 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jorko village population of children with age 0-6 is 64 which makes up 18.66 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jorko village is 1185 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Jorko as per census is 1560, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Jorko village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Jorko village was 41.22 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Jorko Male literacy stands at 50.76 % while female literacy rate was 32.65 %.

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

Jorko Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	67	-	-
Population	343	157	186
Child (0-6)	64	25	39
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	338	155	183
Literacy	41.22 %	50.76 %	32.65 %
Total Workers	197	95	102
Main Worker	191	-	-
Marginal Worker	6	4	2

Caste Factor

In Jorko village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.54 % of total population in Jorko village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jorko village of Khunti.

Work Profile

In Jorko village out of total population, 197 were engaged in work activities. 96.95 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.05 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 197 workers engaged in Main Work, 182 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.