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Pokma Population - Gumla, Jharkhand

Pokma is a medium size village located in Gumla Block of Gumla district, Jharkhand with total 45 families residing. The Pokma village has population of 251 of which 115 are males while 136 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pokma village population of children with age 0-6 is 55 which makes up 21.91 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pokma village is 1183 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Pokma as per census is 897, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Pokma village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Pokma village was 63.78 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Pokma Male literacy stands at 73.26 % while female literacy rate was 56.36 %.

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

Pokma Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 45 - -
Population 251 115 136
Child (0-6) 55 29 26
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 190 85 105
Literacy 63.78 % 73.26 % 56.36 %
Total Workers 88 55 33
Main Worker 87 - -
Marginal Worker 1 0 1

Caste Factor

In Pokma village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 75.70 % of total population in Pokma village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Pokma village of Gumla.

Work Profile

In Pokma village out of total population, 88 were engaged in work activities. 98.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 88 workers engaged in Main Work, 81 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.