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Karakat Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Karakat is a medium size village located in Chainpur Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 185 families residing. The Karakat village has population of 879 of which 494 are males while 385 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karakat village population of children with age 0-6 is 109 which makes up 12.40 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karakat village is 779 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Karakat as per census is 677, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Karakat village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Karakat village was 42.21 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Karakat Male literacy stands at 51.05 % while female literacy rate was 31.09 %.

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

Karakat Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 185 - -
Population 879 494 385
Child (0-6) 109 65 44
Schedule Caste 451 248 203
Schedule Tribe 1 1 0
Literacy 42.21 % 51.05 % 31.09 %
Total Workers 288 222 66
Main Worker 97 - -
Marginal Worker 191 133 58

Caste Factor

In Karakat village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 51.31 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.11 % of total population in Karakat village.

Work Profile

In Karakat village out of total population, 288 were engaged in work activities. 33.68 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 66.32 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 288 workers engaged in Main Work, 29 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 10 were Agricultural labourer.