Kontaria Population - Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand

Kontaria is a medium size village located in Noamundi Block of Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand with total 71 families residing. The Kontaria village has population of 325 of which 173 are males while 152 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kontaria village population of children with age 0-6 is 88 which makes up 27.08 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kontaria village is 879 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Kontaria as per census is 833, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Kontaria village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kontaria village was 35.02 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Kontaria Male literacy stands at 48.00 % while female literacy rate was 20.54 %.

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

Kontaria Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	71	-	-
Population	325	173	152
Child (0-6)	88	48	40
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	318	169	149
Literacy	35.02 %	48.00 %	20.54 %
Total Workers	167	79	88
Main Worker	58	-	-
Marginal Worker	109	22	87

Caste Factor

In Kontaria village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.85 % of total population in Kontaria village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kontaria village of Pashchimi Singhbhum.

Work Profile

In Kontaria village out of total population, 167 were engaged in work activities. 34.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 65.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 167 workers engaged in Main Work, 39 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.