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Kereng Population - Gumla, Jharkhand

Kereng is a medium size village located in Chainpur Block of Gumla district, Jharkhand with total 198 families residing. The Kereng village has population of 1053 of which 552 are males while 501 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kereng village population of children with age 0-6 is 169 which makes up 16.05 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kereng village is 908 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Kereng as per census is 857, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Kereng village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kereng village was 78.17 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Kereng Male literacy stands at 85.47 % while female literacy rate was 70.21 %.

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

Kereng Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 198 - -
Population 1,053 552 501
Child (0-6) 169 91 78
Schedule Caste 5 2 3
Schedule Tribe 851 448 403
Literacy 78.17 % 85.47 % 70.21 %
Total Workers 508 252 256
Main Worker 409 - -
Marginal Worker 99 56 43

Caste Factor

In Kereng village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 80.82 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.47 % of total population in Kereng village.

Work Profile

In Kereng village out of total population, 508 were engaged in work activities. 80.51 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.49 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 508 workers engaged in Main Work, 325 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 28 were Agricultural labourer.