Jamkiri Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Jamkiri is a medium size village located in Kashipur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 166 families residing. The Jamkiri village has population of 905 of which 449 are males while 456 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jamkiri village population of children with age 0-6 is 119 which makes up 13.15 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jamkiri village is 1016 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jamkiri as per census is 725, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Jamkiri village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jamkiri village was 50.13 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jamkiri Male literacy stands at 64.21 % while female literacy rate was 36.95 %.

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

Jamkiri Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	166	-	-
Population	905	449	456
Child (0-6)	119	69	50
Schedule Caste	505	252	253
Schedule Tribe	315	153	162
Literacy	50.13 %	64.21 %	36.95 %
Total Workers	457	253	204
Main Worker	270	-	-
Marginal Worker	187	53	134

Caste Factor

In Jamkiri village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 55.80 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 34.81 % of total population in Jamkiri village.

Work Profile

In Jamkiri village out of total population, 457 were engaged in work activities. 59.08 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.92 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 457 workers engaged in Main Work, 103 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 103 were Agricultural labourer.