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Arar Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Arar is a medium size village located in Chhatarpur Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 379 families residing. The Arar village has population of 1806 of which 936 are males while 870 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Arar village population of children with age 0-6 is 345 which makes up 19.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Arar village is 929 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Arar as per census is 1029, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Arar village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Arar village was 57.91 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Arar Male literacy stands at 69.71 % while female literacy rate was 44.89 %.

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

Arar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 379 - -
Population 1,806 936 870
Child (0-6) 345 170 175
Schedule Caste 657 330 327
Schedule Tribe 417 214 203
Literacy 57.91 % 69.71 % 44.89 %
Total Workers 828 458 370
Main Worker 513 - -
Marginal Worker 315 27 288

Caste Factor

In Arar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 36.38 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 23.09 % of total population in Arar village.

Work Profile

In Arar village out of total population, 828 were engaged in work activities. 61.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 828 workers engaged in Main Work, 21 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 442 were Agricultural labourer.