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Karkata Population - Garhwa, Jharkhand

Karkata is a medium size village located in Majhiaon Block of Garhwa district, Jharkhand with total 206 families residing. The Karkata village has population of 1197 of which 615 are males while 582 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karkata village population of children with age 0-6 is 188 which makes up 15.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karkata village is 946 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Karkata as per census is 1000, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Karkata village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Karkata village was 65.41 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Karkata Male literacy stands at 78.12 % while female literacy rate was 51.84 %.

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

Karkata Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 206 - -
Population 1,197 615 582
Child (0-6) 188 94 94
Schedule Caste 763 395 368
Schedule Tribe 6 4 2
Literacy 65.41 % 78.12 % 51.84 %
Total Workers 360 259 101
Main Worker 71 - -
Marginal Worker 289 197 92

Caste Factor

In Karkata village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 63.74 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.50 % of total population in Karkata village.

Work Profile

In Karkata village out of total population, 360 were engaged in work activities. 19.72 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 80.28 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 360 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.