Birkera Population - Gumla, Jharkhand

Birkera is a medium size village located in Raidih Block of Gumla district, Jharkhand with total 189 families residing. The Birkera village has population of 955 of which 477 are males while 478 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Birkera village population of children with age 0-6 is 155 which makes up 16.23 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Birkera village is 1002 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Birkera as per census is 1039, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Birkera village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Birkera village was 67.50 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Birkera Male literacy stands at 76.81 % while female literacy rate was 58.15 %.

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

Birkera Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	189	-	-
Population	955	477	478
Child (0-6)	155	76	79
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	767	379	388
Literacy	67.50 %	76.81 %	58.15 %
Total Workers	567	297	270
Main Worker	280	-	-
Marginal Worker	287	77	210

Caste Factor

In Birkera village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 80.31 % of total population in Birkera village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Birkera village of Gumla.

Work Profile

In Birkera village out of total population, 567 were engaged in work activities. 49.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.62 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 567 workers engaged in Main Work, 184 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.