Kurunga Population - Khunti, Jharkhand

Kurunga is a medium size village located in Erki(Tamar II) Block of Khunti district, Jharkhand with total 166 families residing. The Kurunga village has population of 1007 of which 511 are males while 496 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kurunga village population of children with age 0-6 is 195 which makes up 19.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kurunga village is 971 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Kurunga as per census is 1010, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Kurunga village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kurunga village was 45.94 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Kurunga Male literacy stands at 64.01 % while female literacy rate was 27.14 %.

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

Kurunga Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	166	-	-
Population	1,007	511	496
Child (0-6)	195	97	98
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	973	497	476
Literacy	45.94 %	64.01 %	27.14 %
Total Workers	674	342	332
Main Worker	576	-	-
Marginal Worker	98	41	57

Caste Factor

In Kurunga village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.62 % of total population in Kurunga village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kurunga village of Khunti.

Work Profile

In Kurunga village out of total population, 674 were engaged in work activities. 85.46 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.54 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 674 workers engaged in Main Work, 551 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.