Sarkanda Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Sarkanda is a small village located in Jarmundi Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 39 families residing. The Sarkanda village has population of 176 of which 90 are males while 86 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sarkanda village population of children with age 0-6 is 43 which makes up 24.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sarkanda village is 956 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Sarkanda as per census is 870, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Sarkanda village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Sarkanda village was 57.14 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Sarkanda Male literacy stands at 65.67 % while female literacy rate was 48.48 %.

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

Sarkanda Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	39	-	-
Population	176	90	86
Child (0-6)	43	23	20
Schedule Caste	176	90	86
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	57.14 %	65.67 %	48.48 %
Total Workers	58	35	23
Main Worker	35	-	-
Marginal Worker	23	2	21

Caste Factor

In Sarkanda village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Sarkanda village. The village Sarkanda currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sarkanda village out of total population, 58 were engaged in work activities. 60.34 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.66 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 58 workers engaged in Main Work, 13 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 18 were Agricultural labourer.