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Tarni Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Tarni is a medium size village located in Ranishwar Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 333 families residing. The Tarni village has population of 1559 of which 772 are males while 787 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tarni village population of children with age 0-6 is 260 which makes up 16.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tarni village is 1019 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Tarni as per census is 793, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Tarni village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Tarni village was 48.04 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Tarni Male literacy stands at 58.69 % while female literacy rate was 38.10 %.

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

Tarni Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 333 - -
Population 1,559 772 787
Child (0-6) 260 145 115
Schedule Caste 30 12 18
Schedule Tribe 1,143 558 585
Literacy 48.04 % 58.69 % 38.10 %
Total Workers 641 362 279
Main Worker 192 - -
Marginal Worker 449 258 191

Caste Factor

In Tarni village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 73.32 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.92 % of total population in Tarni village.

Work Profile

In Tarni village out of total population, 641 were engaged in work activities. 29.95 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 70.05 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 641 workers engaged in Main Work, 130 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 40 were Agricultural labourer.