Tona Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Tona is a medium size village located in Bishrampur Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 300 families residing. The Tona village has population of 1741 of which 898 are males while 843 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tona village population of children with age 0-6 is 245 which makes up 14.07 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tona village is 939 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Tona as per census is 815, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Tona village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Tona village was 68.65 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Tona Male literacy stands at 77.59 % while female literacy rate was 59.35 %.

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

Tona Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	300	-	-
Population	1,741	898	843
Child (0-6)	245	135	110
Schedule Caste	684	345	339
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	68.65 %	77.59 %	59.35 %
Total Workers	760	456	304
Main Worker	72	-	-
Marginal Worker	688	406	282

Caste Factor

In Tona village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 39.29 % of total population in Tona village. The village Tona currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Tona village out of total population, 760 were engaged in work activities. 9.47 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 90.53 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 760 workers engaged in Main Work, 8 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 24 were Agricultural labourer.