Sarma Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Sarma is a medium size village located in Padwa Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 46 families residing. The Sarma village has population of 215 of which 103 are males while 112 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sarma village population of children with age 0-6 is 46 which makes up 21.40 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sarma village is 1087 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Sarma as per census is 1300, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Sarma village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Sarma village was 47.93 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Sarma Male literacy stands at 55.42 % while female literacy rate was 40.70 %.

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

Sarma Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	46	-	-
Population	215	103	112
Child (0-6)	46	20	26
Schedule Caste	76	35	41
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	47.93 %	55.42 %	40.70 %
Total Workers	109	59	50
Main Worker	22	-	-
Marginal Worker	87	39	48

Caste Factor

In Sarma village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 35.35 % of total population in Sarma village. The village Sarma currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sarma village out of total population, 109 were engaged in work activities. 20.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 79.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 109 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 15 were Agricultural labourer.