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Puha Population - Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand

Puha is a medium size village located in Gobindpur(Rajnagar) Block of Saraikela Kharsawan district, Jharkhand with total 78 families residing. The Puha village has population of 482 of which 243 are males while 239 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Puha village population of children with age 0-6 is 84 which makes up 17.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Puha village is 984 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Puha as per census is 1154, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Puha village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Puha village was 59.80 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Puha Male literacy stands at 72.06 % while female literacy rate was 46.91 %.

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

Puha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 78 - -
Population 482 243 239
Child (0-6) 84 39 45
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 466 236 230
Literacy 59.80 % 72.06 % 46.91 %
Total Workers 239 115 124
Main Worker 4 - -
Marginal Worker 235 112 123

Caste Factor

In Puha village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.68 % of total population in Puha village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Puha village of Saraikela Kharsawan.

Work Profile

In Puha village out of total population, 239 were engaged in work activities. 1.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 98.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 239 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.