Karko Population - Upper Siang, Arunachal Pradesh

Karko is a medium size village located in Jengging Circle of Upper Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh with total 91 families residing. The Karko village has population of 244 of which 128 are males while 116 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karko village population of children with age 0-6 is 17 which makes up 6.97 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karko village is 906 which is lower than Arunachal Pradesh state average of 938. Child Sex Ratio for the Karko as per census is 545, lower than Arunachal Pradesh average of 972.

Karko village has lower literacy rate compared to Arunachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Karko village was 41.85 % compared to 65.38 % of Arunachal Pradesh. In Karko Male literacy stands at 54.70 % while female literacy rate was 28.18 %.

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

Karko Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	91	-	-
Population	244	128	116
Child (0-6)	17	11	6
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	242	127	115
Literacy	41.85 %	54.70 %	28.18 %
Total Workers	194	104	90
Main Worker	183	-	-
Marginal Worker	11	4	7

Caste Factor

In Karko village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.18 % of total population in Karko village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Karko village of Upper Siang.

Work Profile

In Karko village out of total population, 194 were engaged in work activities. 94.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 194 workers engaged in Main Work, 160 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.