Marda Population - Gumla, Jharkhand

Marda is a medium size village located in Palkot Block of Gumla district, Jharkhand with total 187 families residing. The Marda village has population of 959 of which 492 are males while 467 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Marda village population of children with age 0-6 is 158 which makes up 16.48 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Marda village is 949 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Marda as per census is 927, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Marda village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Marda village was 56.68 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Marda Male literacy stands at 68.05 % while female literacy rate was 44.76 %.

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

Marda Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	187	-	-
Population	959	492	467
Child (0-6)	158	82	76
Schedule Caste	149	76	73
Schedule Tribe	476	244	232
Literacy	56.68 %	68.05 %	44.76 %
Total Workers	440	259	181
Main Worker	231	-	-
Marginal Worker	209	38	171

Caste Factor

In Marda village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 49.64 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 15.54 % of total population in Marda village.

Work Profile

In Marda village out of total population, 440 were engaged in work activities. 52.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 440 workers engaged in Main Work, 175 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 31 were Agricultural labourer.