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Jhar Population - Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh

Jhar is a medium size village located in Ratlam Tehsil of Ratlam district, Madhya Pradesh with total 139 families residing. The Jhar village has population of 681 of which 354 are males while 327 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 99 which makes up 14.54 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhar village is 924 which is lower than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhar as per census is 868, lower than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Jhar village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhar village was 60.31 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Jhar Male literacy stands at 76.74 % while female literacy rate was 42.70 %.

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

Jhar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 139 - -
Population 681 354 327
Child (0-6) 99 53 46
Schedule Caste 1 0 1
Schedule Tribe 564 296 268
Literacy 60.31 % 76.74 % 42.70 %
Total Workers 457 238 219
Main Worker 259 - -
Marginal Worker 198 67 131

Caste Factor

In Jhar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 82.82 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.15 % of total population in Jhar village.

Work Profile

In Jhar village out of total population, 457 were engaged in work activities. 56.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 43.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 457 workers engaged in Main Work, 12 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 245 were Agricultural labourer.