Jarkan Population - Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand

Jarkan is a medium size village located in Gobindpur(Rajnagar) Block of Saraikela Kharsawan district, Jharkhand with total 100 families residing. The Jarkan village has population of 638 of which 289 are males while 349 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jarkan village population of children with age 0-6 is 97 which makes up 15.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jarkan village is 1208 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Jarkan as per census is 1156, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Jarkan village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Jarkan village was 37.71 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Jarkan Male literacy stands at 49.59 % while female literacy rate was 27.95 %.

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

Jarkan Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	100	-	-
Population	638	289	349
Child (0-6)	97	45	52
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	615	279	336
Literacy	37.71 %	49.59 %	27.95 %
Total Workers	387	168	219
Main Worker	249	-	-
Marginal Worker	138	59	79

Caste Factor

In Jarkan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.39 % of total population in Jarkan village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jarkan village of Saraikela Kharsawan.

Work Profile

In Jarkan village out of total population, 387 were engaged in work activities. 64.34 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.66 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 387 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 247 were Agricultural labourer.