Gontura Population - Khunti, Jharkhand

Gontura is a medium size village located in Erki(Tamar II) Block of Khunti district, Jharkhand with total 48 families residing. The Gontura village has population of 230 of which 112 are males while 118 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gontura village population of children with age 0-6 is 37 which makes up 16.09 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gontura village is 1054 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Gontura as per census is 1313, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Gontura village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Gontura village was 53.37 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Gontura Male literacy stands at 61.46 % while female literacy rate was 45.36 %.

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

Gontura Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	48	-	-
Population	230	112	118
Child (0-6)	37	16	21
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	228	111	117
Literacy	53.37 %	61.46 %	45.36 %
Total Workers	124	59	65
Main Worker	122	-	-
Marginal Worker	2	1	1

Caste Factor

In Gontura village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.13 % of total population in Gontura village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gontura village of Khunti.

Work Profile

In Gontura village out of total population, 124 were engaged in work activities. 98.39 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.61 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 124 workers engaged in Main Work, 117 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.