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Jarja Population - Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh

Jarja is a medium size village located in Nahan Tehsil of Sirmaur district, Himachal Pradesh with total 127 families residing. The Jarja village has population of 585 of which 336 are males while 249 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jarja village population of children with age 0-6 is 56 which makes up 9.57 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jarja village is 741 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Jarja as per census is 600, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Jarja village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Jarja village was 89.79 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Jarja Male literacy stands at 93.69 % while female literacy rate was 84.65 %.

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

Jarja Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 127 - -
Population 585 336 249
Child (0-6) 56 35 21
Schedule Caste 46 26 20
Schedule Tribe 1 1 0
Literacy 89.79 % 93.69 % 84.65 %
Total Workers 250 166 84
Main Worker 151 - -
Marginal Worker 99 57 42

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 7.86 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.17 % of total population in Jarja village.

Work Profile

In Jarja village out of total population, 250 were engaged in work activities. 60.40 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.60 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 250 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.