Petajam Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Petajam is a small village located in Jarmundi Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 20 families residing. The Petajam village has population of 110 of which 56 are males while 54 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Petajam village population of children with age 0-6 is 18 which makes up 16.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Petajam village is 964 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Petajam as per census is 500, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Petajam village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Petajam village was 81.52 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Petajam Male literacy stands at 88.64 % while female literacy rate was 75.00 %.

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

Petajam Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	20	-	-
Population	110	56	54
Child (0-6)	18	12	6
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	110	56	54
Literacy	81.52 %	88.64 %	75.00 %
Total Workers	51	23	28
Main Worker	17	-	-
Marginal Worker	34	10	24

Caste Factor

In Petajam village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Petajam village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Petajam village of Dumka.

Work Profile

In Petajam village out of total population, 51 were engaged in work activities. 33.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 66.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 51 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 12 were Agricultural labourer.