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Turkadih Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Turkadih is a medium size village located in Nawadiha Bazar - Nawadiha Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 73 families residing. The Turkadih village has population of 370 of which 175 are males while 195 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Turkadih village population of children with age 0-6 is 86 which makes up 23.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Turkadih village is 1114 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Turkadih as per census is 1457, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Turkadih village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Turkadih village was 57.75 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Turkadih Male literacy stands at 61.43 % while female literacy rate was 54.17 %.

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

Turkadih Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 73 - -
Population 370 175 195
Child (0-6) 86 35 51
Schedule Caste 164 75 89
Schedule Tribe 4 1 3
Literacy 57.75 % 61.43 % 54.17 %
Total Workers 136 87 49
Main Worker 13 - -
Marginal Worker 123 75 48

Caste Factor

In Turkadih village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 44.32 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.08 % of total population in Turkadih village.

Work Profile

In Turkadih village out of total population, 136 were engaged in work activities. 9.56 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 90.44 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 136 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.