Jarka Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Jarka is a medium size village located in Dumka Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 107 families residing. The Jarka village has population of 499 of which 239 are males while 260 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jarka village population of children with age 0-6 is 101 which makes up 20.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jarka village is 1088 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Jarka as per census is 980, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Jarka village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Jarka village was 59.55 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Jarka Male literacy stands at 72.87 % while female literacy rate was 47.62 %.

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

Jarka Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	107	-	-
Population	499	239	260
Child (0-6)	101	51	50
Schedule Caste	378	177	201
Schedule Tribe	121	62	59
Literacy	59.55 %	72.87 %	47.62 %
Total Workers	160	140	20
Main Worker	12	-	-
Marginal Worker	148	129	19

Caste Factor

In Jarka village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 75.75 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 24.25 % of total population in Jarka village.

Work Profile

In Jarka village out of total population, 160 were engaged in work activities. 7.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 92.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 160 workers engaged in Main Work, 6 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.