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Kariahar Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Kariahar is a medium size village located in Patan Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 263 families residing. The Kariahar village has population of 1599 of which 840 are males while 759 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kariahar village population of children with age 0-6 is 270 which makes up 16.89 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kariahar village is 904 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Kariahar as per census is 800, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Kariahar village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kariahar village was 72.39 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Kariahar Male literacy stands at 85.51 % while female literacy rate was 58.22 %.

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

Kariahar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 263 - -
Population 1,599 840 759
Child (0-6) 270 150 120
Schedule Caste 513 267 246
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.39 % 85.51 % 58.22 %
Total Workers 520 243 277
Main Worker 64 - -
Marginal Worker 456 187 269

Caste Factor

Kariahar village of Palamu has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.08 % of total population in Kariahar village. The village Kariahar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kariahar village out of total population, 520 were engaged in work activities. 12.31 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 87.69 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 520 workers engaged in Main Work, 11 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.