Marma Population - Latehar, Jharkhand

Marma is a medium size village located in Chandwa Block of Latehar district, Jharkhand with total 110 families residing. The Marma village has population of 642 of which 323 are males while 319 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Marma village population of children with age 0-6 is 132 which makes up 20.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Marma village is 988 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Marma as per census is 1164, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Marma village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Marma village was 47.65 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Marma Male literacy stands at 59.16 % while female literacy rate was 35.48 %.

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

Marma Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	110	-	-
Population	642	323	319
Child (0-6)	132	61	71
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	254	133	121
Literacy	47.65 %	59.16 %	35.48 %
Total Workers	259	126	133
Main Worker	223	-	-
Marginal Worker	36	16	20

Caste Factor

In Marma village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 39.56 % of total population in Marma village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Marma village of Latehar.

Work Profile

In Marma village out of total population, 259 were engaged in work activities. 86.10 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.90 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 259 workers engaged in Main Work, 222 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.