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Malam Population - Gumla, Jharkhand

Malam is a medium size village located in Chainpur Block of Gumla district, Jharkhand with total 258 families residing. The Malam village has population of 1309 of which 666 are males while 643 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Malam village population of children with age 0-6 is 183 which makes up 13.98 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Malam village is 965 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Malam as per census is 830, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Malam village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Malam village was 67.23 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Malam Male literacy stands at 76.86 % while female literacy rate was 57.50 %.

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

Malam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 258 - -
Population 1,309 666 643
Child (0-6) 183 100 83
Schedule Caste 53 25 28
Schedule Tribe 1,202 610 592
Literacy 67.23 % 76.86 % 57.50 %
Total Workers 713 366 347
Main Worker 449 - -
Marginal Worker 264 43 221

Caste Factor

In Malam village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 91.83 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 4.05 % of total population in Malam village.

Work Profile

In Malam village out of total population, 713 were engaged in work activities. 62.97 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.03 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 713 workers engaged in Main Work, 359 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 67 were Agricultural labourer.