Surgiya Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Surgiya is a medium size village located in Manatu Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 100 families residing. The Surgiya village has population of 570 of which 294 are males while 276 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Surgiya village population of children with age 0-6 is 130 which makes up 22.81 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Surgiya village is 939 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Surgiya as per census is 757, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Surgiya village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Surgiya village was 32.27 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Surgiya Male literacy stands at 44.55 % while female literacy rate was 20.00 %.

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

Surgiya Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	100	-	-
Population	570	294	276
Child (0-6)	130	74	56
Schedule Caste	150	78	72
Schedule Tribe	369	189	180
Literacy	32.27 %	44.55 %	20.00 %
Total Workers	273	136	137
Main Worker	128	-	-
Marginal Worker	145	40	105

Caste Factor

In Surgiya village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 64.74 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 26.32 % of total population in Surgiya village.

Work Profile

In Surgiya village out of total population, 273 were engaged in work activities. 46.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 273 workers engaged in Main Work, 56 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 60 were Agricultural labourer.