Kushma Population - Bokaro, Jharkhand

Kushma is a medium size village located in Chas Block of Bokaro district, Jharkhand with total 269 families residing. The Kushma village has population of 1263 of which 654 are males while 609 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kushma village population of children with age 0-6 is 216 which makes up 17.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kushma village is 931 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Kushma as per census is 1118, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Kushma village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kushma village was 61.41 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Kushma Male literacy stands at 72.64 % while female literacy rate was 48.89 %.

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

Kushma Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	269	-	-
Population	1,263	654	609
Child (0-6)	216	102	114
Schedule Caste	512	263	249
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	61.41 %	72.64 %	48.89 %
Total Workers	527	336	191
Main Worker	315	-	-
Marginal Worker	212	46	166

Caste Factor

In Kushma village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 40.54 % of total population in Kushma village. The village Kushma currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kushma village out of total population, 527 were engaged in work activities. 59.77 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.23 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 527 workers engaged in Main Work, 31 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.