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Jira Population - Jagatsinghapur, Orissa

Jira is a medium size village located in Jagatsinghapur Block of Jagatsinghapur district, Orissa with total 231 families residing. The Jira village has population of 848 of which 424 are males while 424 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jira village population of children with age 0-6 is 79 which makes up 9.32 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jira village is 1000 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Jira as per census is 1324, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Jira village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Jira village was 90.38 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Jira Male literacy stands at 97.18 % while female literacy rate was 83.38 %.

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

Jira Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 231 - -
Population 848 424 424
Child (0-6) 79 34 45
Schedule Caste 200 96 104
Schedule Tribe 23 11 12
Literacy 90.38 % 97.18 % 83.38 %
Total Workers 464 274 190
Main Worker 278 - -
Marginal Worker 186 49 137

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 23.58 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.71 % of total population in Jira village.

Work Profile

In Jira village out of total population, 464 were engaged in work activities. 59.91 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.09 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 464 workers engaged in Main Work, 96 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 107 were Agricultural labourer.