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Hurka Population - Garhwa, Jharkhand

Hurka is a medium size village located in Ketar* Block of Garhwa district, Jharkhand with total 375 families residing. The Hurka village has population of 1939 of which 1022 are males while 917 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Hurka village population of children with age 0-6 is 324 which makes up 16.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Hurka village is 897 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Hurka as per census is 780, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Hurka village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Hurka village was 66.63 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Hurka Male literacy stands at 80.24 % while female literacy rate was 51.87 %.

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

Hurka Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 375 - -
Population 1,939 1,022 917
Child (0-6) 324 182 142
Schedule Caste 729 383 346
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 66.63 % 80.24 % 51.87 %
Total Workers 554 442 112
Main Worker 273 - -
Marginal Worker 281 200 81

Caste Factor

In Hurka village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 37.60 % of total population in Hurka village. The village Hurka currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Hurka village out of total population, 554 were engaged in work activities. 49.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 554 workers engaged in Main Work, 85 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 79 were Agricultural labourer.