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Joghar Population - Birbhum, West Bengal

Joghar is a medium size village located in Rampurhat - II Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal with total 430 families residing. The Joghar village has population of 1505 of which 784 are males while 721 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Joghar village population of children with age 0-6 is 177 which makes up 11.76 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Joghar village is 920 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Joghar as per census is 670, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Joghar village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Joghar village was 70.18 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Joghar Male literacy stands at 74.04 % while female literacy rate was 66.15 %.

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

Joghar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 430 - -
Population 1,505 784 721
Child (0-6) 177 106 71
Schedule Caste 425 230 195
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.18 % 74.04 % 66.15 %
Total Workers 559 457 102
Main Worker 361 - -
Marginal Worker 198 107 91

Caste Factor

Joghar village of Birbhum has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 28.24 % of total population in Joghar village. The village Joghar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Joghar village out of total population, 559 were engaged in work activities. 64.58 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.42 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 559 workers engaged in Main Work, 43 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 234 were Agricultural labourer.