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Purtu Population - Khunti, Jharkhand

Purtu is a medium size village located in Erki(Tamar II) Block of Khunti district, Jharkhand with total 108 families residing. The Purtu village has population of 436 of which 230 are males while 206 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purtu village population of children with age 0-6 is 68 which makes up 15.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purtu village is 896 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Purtu as per census is 838, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Purtu village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Purtu village was 54.62 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Purtu Male literacy stands at 59.59 % while female literacy rate was 49.14 %.

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

Purtu Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 108 - -
Population 436 230 206
Child (0-6) 68 37 31
Schedule Caste 2 1 1
Schedule Tribe 359 187 172
Literacy 54.62 % 59.59 % 49.14 %
Total Workers 252 141 111
Main Worker 51 - -
Marginal Worker 201 97 104

Caste Factor

In Purtu village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 82.34 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.46 % of total population in Purtu village.

Work Profile

In Purtu village out of total population, 252 were engaged in work activities. 20.24 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 79.76 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 252 workers engaged in Main Work, 11 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.