Pesam Population - Khunti, Jharkhand

Pesam is a medium size village located in Rania Block of Khunti district, Jharkhand with total 78 families residing. The Pesam village has population of 415 of which 214 are males while 201 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pesam village population of children with age 0-6 is 63 which makes up 15.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pesam village is 939 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Pesam as per census is 853, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Pesam village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Pesam village was 67.90 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Pesam Male literacy stands at 79.44 % while female literacy rate was 55.81 %.

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

Pesam Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	78	-	-
Population	415	214	201
Child (0-6)	63	34	29
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	336	176	160
Literacy	67.90 %	79.44 %	55.81 %
Total Workers	179	104	75
Main Worker	150	-	-
Marginal Worker	29	23	6

Caste Factor

In Pesam village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 80.96 % of total population in Pesam village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Pesam village of Khunti.

Work Profile

In Pesam village out of total population, 179 were engaged in work activities. 83.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 179 workers engaged in Main Work, 136 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.