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Salkeya Population - Gumla, Jharkhand

Salkeya is a medium size village located in Verno Block of Gumla district, Jharkhand with total 85 families residing. The Salkeya village has population of 419 of which 218 are males while 201 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Salkeya village population of children with age 0-6 is 75 which makes up 17.90 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Salkeya village is 922 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Salkeya as per census is 630, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Salkeya village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Salkeya village was 60.17 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Salkeya Male literacy stands at 71.51 % while female literacy rate was 48.84 %.

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

Salkeya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 85 - -
Population 419 218 201
Child (0-6) 75 46 29
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 161 88 73
Literacy 60.17 % 71.51 % 48.84 %
Total Workers 203 98 105
Main Worker 199 - -
Marginal Worker 4 2 2

Caste Factor

In Salkeya village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 38.42 % of total population in Salkeya village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Salkeya village of Gumla.

Work Profile

In Salkeya village out of total population, 203 were engaged in work activities. 98.03 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.97 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 203 workers engaged in Main Work, 197 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.