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Kocha Population - Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand

Kocha is a medium size village located in Kharsawan Block of Saraikela Kharsawan district, Jharkhand with total 79 families residing. The Kocha village has population of 385 of which 206 are males while 179 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kocha village population of children with age 0-6 is 51 which makes up 13.25 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kocha village is 869 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Kocha as per census is 759, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Kocha village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kocha village was 69.46 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Kocha Male literacy stands at 84.75 % while female literacy rate was 52.23 %.

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

Kocha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 79 - -
Population 385 206 179
Child (0-6) 51 29 22
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 142 78 64
Literacy 69.46 % 84.75 % 52.23 %
Total Workers 134 100 34
Main Worker 111 - -
Marginal Worker 23 6 17

Caste Factor

In Kocha village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 36.88 % of total population in Kocha village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kocha village of Saraikela Kharsawan.

Work Profile

In Kocha village out of total population, 134 were engaged in work activities. 82.84 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.16 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 134 workers engaged in Main Work, 34 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 34 were Agricultural labourer.