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Kokaru Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Kokaru is a medium size village located in Chainpur Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 172 families residing. The Kokaru village has population of 958 of which 506 are males while 452 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kokaru village population of children with age 0-6 is 219 which makes up 22.86 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kokaru village is 893 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Kokaru as per census is 1009, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Kokaru village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kokaru village was 53.18 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Kokaru Male literacy stands at 61.46 % while female literacy rate was 43.57 %.

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

Kokaru Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 172 - -
Population 958 506 452
Child (0-6) 219 109 110
Schedule Caste 352 189 163
Schedule Tribe 531 276 255
Literacy 53.18 % 61.46 % 43.57 %
Total Workers 290 227 63
Main Worker 41 - -
Marginal Worker 249 189 60

Caste Factor

In Kokaru village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 55.43 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 36.74 % of total population in Kokaru village.

Work Profile

In Kokaru village out of total population, 290 were engaged in work activities. 14.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 85.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 290 workers engaged in Main Work, 20 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.