Dema Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Dema is a medium size village located in Panki Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 43 families residing. The Dema village has population of 270 of which 143 are males while 127 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dema village population of children with age 0-6 is 72 which makes up 26.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dema village is 888 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Dema as per census is 1057, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Dema village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Dema village was 43.94 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Dema Male literacy stands at 52.78 % while female literacy rate was 33.33 %.

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

Dema Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	43	-	-
Population	270	143	127
Child (0-6)	72	35	37
Schedule Caste	85	42	43
Schedule Tribe	104	55	49
Literacy	43.94 %	52.78 %	33.33 %
Total Workers	151	84	67
Main Worker	54	-	-
Marginal Worker	97	51	46

Caste Factor

In Dema village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 38.52 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 31.48 % of total population in Dema village.

Work Profile

In Dema village out of total population, 151 were engaged in work activities. 35.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 64.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 151 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 54 were Agricultural labourer.