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Ekta Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Ekta is a medium size village located in Satbarwa Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 239 families residing. The Ekta village has population of 1292 of which 671 are males while 621 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ekta village population of children with age 0-6 is 253 which makes up 19.58 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ekta village is 925 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Ekta as per census is 1091, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Ekta village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Ekta village was 61.41 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Ekta Male literacy stands at 72.91 % while female literacy rate was 48.47 %.

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

Ekta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 239 - -
Population 1,292 671 621
Child (0-6) 253 121 132
Schedule Caste 223 116 107
Schedule Tribe 910 464 446
Literacy 61.41 % 72.91 % 48.47 %
Total Workers 607 322 285
Main Worker 225 - -
Marginal Worker 382 204 178

Caste Factor

In Ekta village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 70.43 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 17.26 % of total population in Ekta village.

Work Profile

In Ekta village out of total population, 607 were engaged in work activities. 37.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 62.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 607 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 221 were Agricultural labourer.