Chunka Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Chunka is a medium size village located in Manatu Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 141 families residing. The Chunka village has population of 662 of which 346 are males while 316 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chunka village population of children with age 0-6 is 122 which makes up 18.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chunka village is 913 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Chunka as per census is 937, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Chunka village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Chunka village was 57.04 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Chunka Male literacy stands at 64.31 % while female literacy rate was 49.03 %.

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

Chunka Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	141	-	-
Population	662	346	316
Child (0-6)	122	63	59
Schedule Caste	242	123	119
Schedule Tribe	254	129	125
Literacy	57.04 %	64.31 %	49.03 %
Total Workers	330	174	156
Main Worker	2	-	-
Marginal Worker	328	173	155

Caste Factor

In Chunka village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 38.37 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 36.56 % of total population in Chunka village.

Work Profile

In Chunka village out of total population, 330 were engaged in work activities. 0.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 99.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 330 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.