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Jalka Population - Gumla, Jharkhand

Jalka is a medium size village located in Sisai Block of Gumla district, Jharkhand with total 183 families residing. The Jalka village has population of 1388 of which 712 are males while 676 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jalka village population of children with age 0-6 is 254 which makes up 18.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jalka village is 949 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Jalka as per census is 969, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Jalka village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Jalka village was 51.59 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Jalka Male literacy stands at 62.26 % while female literacy rate was 40.29 %.

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

Jalka Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 183 - -
Population 1,388 712 676
Child (0-6) 254 129 125
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,355 697 658
Literacy 51.59 % 62.26 % 40.29 %
Total Workers 642 325 317
Main Worker 127 - -
Marginal Worker 515 220 295

Caste Factor

In Jalka village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.62 % of total population in Jalka village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jalka village of Gumla.

Work Profile

In Jalka village out of total population, 642 were engaged in work activities. 19.78 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 80.22 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 642 workers engaged in Main Work, 114 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.