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Patkum Population - Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand

Patkum is a medium size village located in Ichagarh Block of Saraikela Kharsawan district, Jharkhand with total 408 families residing. The Patkum village has population of 1639 of which 841 are males while 798 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Patkum village population of children with age 0-6 is 257 which makes up 15.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Patkum village is 949 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Patkum as per census is 977, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Patkum village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Patkum village was 61.00 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Patkum Male literacy stands at 70.18 % while female literacy rate was 51.27 %.

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

Patkum Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 408 - -
Population 1,639 841 798
Child (0-6) 257 130 127
Schedule Caste 111 56 55
Schedule Tribe 209 108 101
Literacy 61.00 % 70.18 % 51.27 %
Total Workers 577 427 150
Main Worker 97 - -
Marginal Worker 480 342 138

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 12.75 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 6.77 % of total population in Patkum village.

Work Profile

In Patkum village out of total population, 577 were engaged in work activities. 16.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 83.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 577 workers engaged in Main Work, 8 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.