Samal Population - Gumla, Jharkhand

Samal is a medium size village located in Sisai Block of Gumla district, Jharkhand with total 140 families residing. The Samal village has population of 706 of which 362 are males while 344 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Samal village population of children with age 0-6 is 147 which makes up 20.82 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Samal village is 950 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Samal as per census is 838, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Samal village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Samal village was 65.83 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Samal Male literacy stands at 78.72 % while female literacy rate was 52.71 %.

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

Samal Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	140	-	-
Population	706	362	344
Child (0-6)	147	80	67
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	397	203	194
Literacy	65.83 %	78.72 %	52.71 %
Total Workers	379	182	197
Main Worker	178	-	-
Marginal Worker	201	12	189

Caste Factor

In Samal village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 56.23 % of total population in Samal village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Samal village of Gumla.

Work Profile

In Samal village out of total population, 379 were engaged in work activities. 46.97 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.03 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 379 workers engaged in Main Work, 166 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.