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Kasta Population - Jamtara, Jharkhand

Kasta is a medium size village located in Nala Block of Jamtara district, Jharkhand with total 238 families residing. The Kasta village has population of 1108 of which 571 are males while 537 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kasta village population of children with age 0-6 is 184 which makes up 16.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kasta village is 940 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Kasta as per census is 1067, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Kasta village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kasta village was 70.56 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Kasta Male literacy stands at 86.10 % while female literacy rate was 53.62 %.

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

Kasta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 238 - -
Population 1,108 571 537
Child (0-6) 184 89 95
Schedule Caste 371 185 186
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.56 % 86.10 % 53.62 %
Total Workers 326 258 68
Main Worker 37 - -
Marginal Worker 289 231 58

Caste Factor

Kasta village of Jamtara has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 33.48 % of total population in Kasta village. The village Kasta currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kasta village out of total population, 326 were engaged in work activities. 11.35 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 88.65 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 326 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.