Ara Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Ara is a medium size village located in Panki Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 99 families residing. The Ara village has population of 469 of which 223 are males while 246 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ara village population of children with age 0-6 is 104 which makes up 22.17 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ara village is 1103 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Ara as per census is 1000, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Ara village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Ara village was 51.23 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Ara Male literacy stands at 63.74 % while female literacy rate was 40.21 %.

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

Ara Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	99	-	-
Population	469	223	246
Child (0-6)	104	52	52
Schedule Caste	167	79	88
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	51.23 %	63.74 %	40.21 %
Total Workers	183	101	82
Main Worker	20	-	-
Marginal Worker	163	83	80

Caste Factor

In Ara village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 35.61 % of total population in Ara village. The village Ara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Ara village out of total population, 183 were engaged in work activities. 10.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 89.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 183 workers engaged in Main Work, 7 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.