Jhurko Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Jhurko is a medium size village located in Shikaripara Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 134 families residing. The Jhurko village has population of 589 of which 314 are males while 275 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhurko village population of children with age 0-6 is 99 which makes up 16.81 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhurko village is 876 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhurko as per census is 1106, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Jhurko village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhurko village was 68.98 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Jhurko Male literacy stands at 82.40 % while female literacy rate was 52.91 %.

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

Jhurko Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	134	-	-
Population	589	314	275
Child (0-6)	99	47	52
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	255	136	119
Literacy	68.98 %	82.40 %	52.91 %
Total Workers	248	185	63
Main Worker	148	-	-
Marginal Worker	100	46	54

Caste Factor

In Jhurko village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 43.29 % of total population in Jhurko village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jhurko village of Dumka.

Work Profile

In Jhurko village out of total population, 248 were engaged in work activities. 59.68 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.32 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 248 workers engaged in Main Work, 112 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 21 were Agricultural labourer.