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Sarja Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Sarja is a medium size village located in Chainpur Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 260 families residing. The Sarja village has population of 1264 of which 628 are males while 636 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sarja village population of children with age 0-6 is 271 which makes up 21.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sarja village is 1013 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Sarja as per census is 978, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Sarja village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Sarja village was 59.72 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Sarja Male literacy stands at 69.04 % while female literacy rate was 50.60 %.

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

Sarja Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 260 - -
Population 1,264 628 636
Child (0-6) 271 137 134
Schedule Caste 532 259 273
Schedule Tribe 400 205 195
Literacy 59.72 % 69.04 % 50.60 %
Total Workers 609 307 302
Main Worker 99 - -
Marginal Worker 510 245 265

Caste Factor

In Sarja village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 42.09 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 31.65 % of total population in Sarja village.

Work Profile

In Sarja village out of total population, 609 were engaged in work activities. 16.26 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 83.74 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 609 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 88 were Agricultural labourer.