Saltala Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Saltala is a medium size village located in Dumka Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 69 families residing. The Saltala village has population of 351 of which 176 are males while 175 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Saltala village population of children with age 0-6 is 58 which makes up 16.52 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Saltala village is 994 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Saltala as per census is 1000, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Saltala village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Saltala village was 61.43 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Saltala Male literacy stands at 73.47 % while female literacy rate was 49.32 %.

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	69	-	-
Population	351	176	175
Child (0-6)	58	29	29
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	351	176	175
Literacy	61.43 %	73.47 %	49.32 %
Total Workers	156	86	70
Main Worker	80	-	-
Marginal Worker	76	17	59

Caste Factor

In Saltala village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Saltala village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Saltala village of Dumka.

Work Profile

In Saltala village out of total population, 156 were engaged in work activities. 51.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 48.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 156 workers engaged in Main Work, 62 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.