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Saltala Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Saltala is a medium size village located in Ranishwar Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 306 families residing. The Saltala village has population of 1459 of which 729 are males while 730 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Saltala village population of children with age 0-6 is 200 which makes up 13.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Saltala village is 1001 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Saltala as per census is 905, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Saltala village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Saltala village was 33.60 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Saltala Male literacy stands at 41.67 % while female literacy rate was 25.67 %.

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

Saltala Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 306 - -
Population 1,459 729 730
Child (0-6) 200 105 95
Schedule Caste 53 27 26
Schedule Tribe 1,266 631 635
Literacy 33.60 % 41.67 % 25.67 %
Total Workers 706 407 299
Main Worker 462 - -
Marginal Worker 244 180 64

Caste Factor

In Saltala village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 86.77 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 3.63 % of total population in Saltala village.

Work Profile

In Saltala village out of total population, 706 were engaged in work activities. 65.44 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.56 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 706 workers engaged in Main Work, 20 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 411 were Agricultural labourer.