Darkana Population - Gumla, Jharkhand

Darkana is a medium size village located in Chainpur Block of Gumla district, Jharkhand with total 126 families residing. The Darkana village has population of 642 of which 331 are males while 311 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Darkana village population of children with age 0-6 is 143 which makes up 22.27 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Darkana village is 940 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Darkana as per census is 682, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Darkana village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Darkana village was 64.73 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Darkana Male literacy stands at 76.83 % while female literacy rate was 52.96 %.

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

Darkana Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	126	-	-
Population	642	331	311
Child (0-6)	143	85	58
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	509	258	251
Literacy	64.73 %	76.83 %	52.96 %
Total Workers	301	149	152
Main Worker	15	-	-
Marginal Worker	286	135	151

Caste Factor

In Darkana village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 79.28 % of total population in Darkana village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Darkana village of Gumla.

Work Profile

In Darkana village out of total population, 301 were engaged in work activities. 4.98 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 95.02 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 301 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.