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Peksa Population - Chatra, Jharkhand

Peksa is a medium size village located in Gidhaur Block of Chatra district, Jharkhand with total 268 families residing. The Peksa village has population of 1355 of which 698 are males while 657 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Peksa village population of children with age 0-6 is 242 which makes up 17.86 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Peksa village is 941 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Peksa as per census is 876, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Peksa village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Peksa village was 67.30 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Peksa Male literacy stands at 77.50 % while female literacy rate was 56.62 %.

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

Peksa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 268 - -
Population 1,355 698 657
Child (0-6) 242 129 113
Schedule Caste 276 155 121
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.30 % 77.50 % 56.62 %
Total Workers 394 324 70
Main Worker 221 - -
Marginal Worker 173 128 45

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.37 % of total population in Peksa village. The village Peksa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Peksa village out of total population, 394 were engaged in work activities. 56.09 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 43.91 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 394 workers engaged in Main Work, 186 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 10 were Agricultural labourer.