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Uparkhatanga Population - Gumla, Jharkhand

Uparkhatanga is a medium size village located in Raidih Block of Gumla district, Jharkhand with total 288 families residing. The Uparkhatanga village has population of 1652 of which 785 are males while 867 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Uparkhatanga village population of children with age 0-6 is 311 which makes up 18.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Uparkhatanga village is 1104 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Uparkhatanga as per census is 1087, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Uparkhatanga village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Uparkhatanga village was 62.86 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Uparkhatanga Male literacy stands at 73.11 % while female literacy rate was 53.62 %.

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

Uparkhatanga Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 288 - -
Population 1,652 785 867
Child (0-6) 311 149 162
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,405 668 737
Literacy 62.86 % 73.11 % 53.62 %
Total Workers 889 427 462
Main Worker 619 - -
Marginal Worker 270 50 220

Caste Factor

In Uparkhatanga village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 85.05 % of total population in Uparkhatanga village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Uparkhatanga village of Gumla.

Work Profile

In Uparkhatanga village out of total population, 889 were engaged in work activities. 69.63 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 30.37 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 889 workers engaged in Main Work, 536 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 46 were Agricultural labourer.