Karakat Population, Caste, Working Data Palamu, Jharkhand - Census 2011

Karakat is a village situated in Chainpur block of Palamu district in Jharkhand. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 185 families residing in the village Karakat. The total population of Karakat is 879 out of which 494 are males and 385 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Karakat is 779.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Karakat village is 109 which is 12% of the total population. There are 65 male children and 44 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Karakat is 677 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (779) of Karakat village.

Population
879
Families
185
Literacy
42.21%
Sex Ratio
779

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Karakat is 42.2%. Thus Karakat village has lower literacy rate compared to 52.8% of Palamu district. The male literacy rate is 51.05% and the female literacy rate is 31.09% in Karakat village.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act (Amendment 1998), Karakat village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of the village.

Karakat Data as per Census 2011

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Karakat village.

Total Male Female
Children 109 65 44
Literacy 42.21% 51.05% 31.09%
Scheduled Caste 451 248 203
Scheduled Tribe 1 1 0
Illiterate 554 275 279

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 51.3% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.1% of total population in Karakat village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Karakat village out of total population, 288 were engaged in work activities. 33.7% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 66.3% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 288 workers engaged in Main Work, 29 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 10 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 97 89 8
Cultivators 29 29 0
Agriculture Labourer 10 10 0
Household Industries 1 0 1
Other Workers 57 50 7
Marginal Workers 191 133 58
Non Working 591 272 319

Nearby Villages to Karakat,

Below are the list of villages near Karakat village in Chainpur.

Village Population
Mahugawan 2,698
Chak Harbhonga 1,195
Sonpurwa 872
Babhandih 1,663
Khutar Kalan 457
Banjari 1,211
Khutar Khurd 507
Ajodhya Kolhua 646
Tali 621
Chenrabar 1,207

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