Kekri Kalan Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Kekri Kalan is a medium size village located in Chhatarpur Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 204 families residing. The Kekri Kalan village has population of 954 of which 497 are males while 457 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kekri Kalan village population of children with age 0-6 is 135 which makes up 14.15 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kekri Kalan village is 920 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Kekri Kalan as per census is 1077, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Kekri Kalan village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kekri Kalan village was 42.49 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Kekri Kalan Male literacy stands at 51.16 % while female literacy rate was 32.82 %.

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

Kekri Kalan Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	204	-	-
Population	954	497	457
Child (0-6)	135	65	70
Schedule Caste	309	155	154
Schedule Tribe	607	325	282
Literacy	42.49 %	51.16 %	32.82 %
Total Workers	345	228	117
Main Worker	10	-	-
Marginal Worker	335	222	113

Caste Factor

In Kekri Kalan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 63.63 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 32.39 % of total population in Kekri Kalan village.

Work Profile

In Kekri Kalan village out of total population, 345 were engaged in work activities. 2.90 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 97.10 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 345 workers engaged in Main Work, 8 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.