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Edal Population - Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand

Edal is a medium size village located in Gobindpur(Rajnagar) Block of Saraikela Kharsawan district, Jharkhand with total 356 families residing. The Edal village has population of 1681 of which 859 are males while 822 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Edal village population of children with age 0-6 is 198 which makes up 11.78 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Edal village is 957 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Edal as per census is 1000, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Edal village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Edal village was 73.57 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Edal Male literacy stands at 83.68 % while female literacy rate was 62.93 %.

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

Edal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 356 - -
Population 1,681 859 822
Child (0-6) 198 99 99
Schedule Caste 84 39 45
Schedule Tribe 185 91 94
Literacy 73.57 % 83.68 % 62.93 %
Total Workers 566 454 112
Main Worker 555 - -
Marginal Worker 11 7 4

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 11.01 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 5.00 % of total population in Edal village.

Work Profile

In Edal village out of total population, 566 were engaged in work activities. 98.06 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.94 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 566 workers engaged in Main Work, 124 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 106 were Agricultural labourer.