Dokra Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Dokra is a medium size village located in Chainpur Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 125 families residing. The Dokra village has population of 732 of which 389 are males while 343 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dokra village population of children with age 0-6 is 134 which makes up 18.31 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dokra village is 882 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Dokra as per census is 942, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Dokra village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Dokra village was 48.83 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Dokra Male literacy stands at 61.88 % while female literacy rate was 33.81 %.

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

Dokra Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	125	-	-
Population	732	389	343
Child (0-6)	134	69	65
Schedule Caste	416	219	197
Schedule Tribe	143	76	67
Literacy	48.83 %	61.88 %	33.81 %
Total Workers	228	172	56
Main Worker	184	-	-
Marginal Worker	44	27	17

Caste Factor

In Dokra village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 56.83 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 19.54 % of total population in Dokra village.

Work Profile

In Dokra village out of total population, 228 were engaged in work activities. 80.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 228 workers engaged in Main Work, 17 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 39 were Agricultural labourer.