Sorath Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Sorath is a medium size village located in Panki Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 118 families residing. The Sorath village has population of 502 of which 244 are males while 258 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sorath village population of children with age 0-6 is 93 which makes up 18.53 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sorath village is 1057 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Sorath as per census is 1022, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Sorath village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Sorath village was 56.97 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Sorath Male literacy stands at 67.68 % while female literacy rate was 46.92 %.

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

Sorath Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	118	-	-
Population	502	244	258
Child (0-6)	93	46	47
Schedule Caste	199	98	101
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	56.97 %	67.68 %	46.92 %
Total Workers	149	119	30
Main Worker	36	-	-
Marginal Worker	113	91	22

Caste Factor

In Sorath village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 39.64 % of total population in Sorath village. The village Sorath currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sorath village out of total population, 149 were engaged in work activities. 24.16 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 75.84 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 149 workers engaged in Main Work, 19 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.