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Kurum Population - Gumla, Jharkhand

Kurum is a medium size village located in Basia Block of Gumla district, Jharkhand with total 180 families residing. The Kurum village has population of 885 of which 464 are males while 421 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kurum village population of children with age 0-6 is 138 which makes up 15.59 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kurum village is 907 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Kurum as per census is 769, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Kurum village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kurum village was 56.49 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Kurum Male literacy stands at 67.62 % while female literacy rate was 44.60 %.

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

Kurum Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 180 - -
Population 885 464 421
Child (0-6) 138 78 60
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 820 429 391
Literacy 56.49 % 67.62 % 44.60 %
Total Workers 562 293 269
Main Worker 480 - -
Marginal Worker 82 50 32

Caste Factor

In Kurum village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 92.66 % of total population in Kurum village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kurum village of Gumla.

Work Profile

In Kurum village out of total population, 562 were engaged in work activities. 85.41 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.59 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 562 workers engaged in Main Work, 394 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 71 were Agricultural labourer.