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Jhanakpur Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Jhanakpur is a medium size village located in Jarmundi Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 131 families residing. The Jhanakpur village has population of 733 of which 368 are males while 365 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhanakpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 167 which makes up 22.78 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhanakpur village is 992 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhanakpur as per census is 942, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Jhanakpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhanakpur village was 41.52 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Jhanakpur Male literacy stands at 54.61 % while female literacy rate was 28.52 %.

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

Jhanakpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 131 - -
Population 733 368 365
Child (0-6) 167 86 81
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 561 277 284
Literacy 41.52 % 54.61 % 28.52 %
Total Workers 373 198 175
Main Worker 34 - -
Marginal Worker 339 178 161

Caste Factor

In Jhanakpur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 76.53 % of total population in Jhanakpur village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jhanakpur village of Dumka.

Work Profile

In Jhanakpur village out of total population, 373 were engaged in work activities. 9.12 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 90.88 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 373 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.