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Jiar Population - Katihar, Bihar

Jiar is a medium size village located in Barsoi Block of Katihar district, Bihar with total 231 families residing. The Jiar village has population of 953 of which 496 are males while 457 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jiar village population of children with age 0-6 is 128 which makes up 13.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jiar village is 921 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Jiar as per census is 882, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Jiar village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Jiar village was 72.24 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Jiar Male literacy stands at 75.23 % while female literacy rate was 69.02 %.

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

Jiar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 231 - -
Population 953 496 457
Child (0-6) 128 68 60
Schedule Caste 4 2 2
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.24 % 75.23 % 69.02 %
Total Workers 360 279 81
Main Worker 21 - -
Marginal Worker 339 265 74

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.42 % of total population in Jiar village. The village Jiar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jiar village out of total population, 360 were engaged in work activities. 5.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 94.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 360 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.