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Chankar Kasturi Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Chankar Kasturi is a medium size village located in Hussainabad Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 302 families residing. The Chankar Kasturi village has population of 1868 of which 988 are males while 880 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chankar Kasturi village population of children with age 0-6 is 302 which makes up 16.17 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chankar Kasturi village is 891 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Chankar Kasturi as per census is 961, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Chankar Kasturi village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Chankar Kasturi village was 68.71 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Chankar Kasturi Male literacy stands at 79.02 % while female literacy rate was 56.97 %.

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

Chankar Kasturi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 302 - -
Population 1,868 988 880
Child (0-6) 302 154 148
Schedule Caste 800 424 376
Schedule Tribe 1 1 0
Literacy 68.71 % 79.02 % 56.97 %
Total Workers 660 467 193
Main Worker 228 - -
Marginal Worker 432 248 184

Caste Factor

In Chankar Kasturi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 42.83 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.05 % of total population in Chankar Kasturi village.

Work Profile

In Chankar Kasturi village out of total population, 660 were engaged in work activities. 34.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 65.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 660 workers engaged in Main Work, 72 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 58 were Agricultural labourer.