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Jhajar Population - Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh

Jhajar is a medium size village located in Nahan Tehsil of Sirmaur district, Himachal Pradesh with total 52 families residing. The Jhajar village has population of 264 of which 154 are males while 110 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhajar village population of children with age 0-6 is 22 which makes up 8.33 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhajar village is 714 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhajar as per census is 833, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Jhajar village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhajar village was 83.06 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Jhajar Male literacy stands at 95.07 % while female literacy rate was 66.00 %.

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

Jhajar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 52 - -
Population 264 154 110
Child (0-6) 22 12 10
Schedule Caste 28 16 12
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 83.06 % 95.07 % 66.00 %
Total Workers 230 135 95
Main Worker 93 - -
Marginal Worker 137 47 90

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.61 % of total population in Jhajar village. The village Jhajar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jhajar village out of total population, 230 were engaged in work activities. 40.43 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 59.57 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 230 workers engaged in Main Work, 61 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.