Skip to main content Skip to docs navigation

Karkata Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Karkata is a medium size village located in Untari Road Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 405 families residing. The Karkata village has population of 1962 of which 1043 are males while 919 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karkata village population of children with age 0-6 is 341 which makes up 17.38 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karkata village is 881 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Karkata as per census is 776, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Karkata village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Karkata village was 67.61 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Karkata Male literacy stands at 85.43 % while female literacy rate was 47.92 %.

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

Karkata Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 405 - -
Population 1,962 1,043 919
Child (0-6) 341 192 149
Schedule Caste 641 350 291
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.61 % 85.43 % 47.92 %
Total Workers 1,623 861 762
Main Worker 116 - -
Marginal Worker 1,507 766 741

Caste Factor

Karkata village of Palamu has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.67 % of total population in Karkata village. The village Karkata currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Karkata village out of total population, 1623 were engaged in work activities. 7.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 92.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1623 workers engaged in Main Work, 40 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 16 were Agricultural labourer.