Banka Population - Jamtara, Jharkhand

Banka is a medium size village located in Narayanpur Block of Jamtara district, Jharkhand with total 37 families residing. The Banka village has population of 201 of which 101 are males while 100 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Banka village population of children with age 0-6 is 39 which makes up 19.40 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Banka village is 990 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Banka as per census is 1294, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Banka village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Banka village was 62.35 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Banka Male literacy stands at 70.24 % while female literacy rate was 53.85 %.

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

Banka Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	37	-	-
Population	201	101	100
Child (0-6)	39	17	22
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	196	99	97
Literacy	62.35 %	70.24 %	53.85 %
Total Workers	108	51	57
Main Worker	19	-	-
Marginal Worker	89	38	51

Caste Factor

In Banka village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.51 % of total population in Banka village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Banka village of Jamtara.

Work Profile

In Banka village out of total population, 108 were engaged in work activities. 17.59 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 82.41 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 108 workers engaged in Main Work, 13 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.