Kuju Population - Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand

Kuju is a medium size village located in Gobindpur(Rajnagar) Block of Saraikela Kharsawan district, Jharkhand with total 242 families residing. The Kuju village has population of 1225 of which 614 are males while 611 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kuju village population of children with age 0-6 is 214 which makes up 17.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kuju village is 995 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Kuju as per census is 963, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Kuju village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kuju village was 64.09 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Kuju Male literacy stands at 76.63 % while female literacy rate was 51.58 %.

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

Kuju Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	242	-	-
Population	1,225	614	611
Child (0-6)	214	109	105
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	483	245	238
Literacy	64.09 %	76.63 %	51.58 %
Total Workers	453	334	119
Main Worker	78	-	-
Marginal Worker	375	263	112

Caste Factor

In Kuju village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 39.43 % of total population in Kuju village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kuju village of Saraikela Kharsawan.

Work Profile

In Kuju village out of total population, 453 were engaged in work activities. 17.22 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 82.78 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 453 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.