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Kurkuta Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Kurkuta is a medium size village located in Chhatarpur Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 206 families residing. The Kurkuta village has population of 1298 of which 682 are males while 616 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kurkuta village population of children with age 0-6 is 255 which makes up 19.65 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kurkuta village is 903 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Kurkuta as per census is 903, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Kurkuta village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kurkuta village was 52.06 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Kurkuta Male literacy stands at 62.77 % while female literacy rate was 40.20 %.

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

Kurkuta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 206 - -
Population 1,298 682 616
Child (0-6) 255 134 121
Schedule Caste 415 219 196
Schedule Tribe 743 386 357
Literacy 52.06 % 62.77 % 40.20 %
Total Workers 329 256 73
Main Worker 239 - -
Marginal Worker 90 53 37

Caste Factor

In Kurkuta village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 57.24 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 31.97 % of total population in Kurkuta village.

Work Profile

In Kurkuta village out of total population, 329 were engaged in work activities. 72.64 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.36 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 329 workers engaged in Main Work, 145 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 52 were Agricultural labourer.