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Jam Population - Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh

Jam is a medium size village located in Mohkhed Tehsil of Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh with total 442 families residing. The Jam village has population of 1967 of which 1020 are males while 947 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jam village population of children with age 0-6 is 217 which makes up 11.03 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jam village is 928 which is lower than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Jam as per census is 750, lower than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Jam village has higher literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Jam village was 85.26 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Jam Male literacy stands at 92.86 % while female literacy rate was 77.28 %.

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

Jam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 442 - -
Population 1,967 1,020 947
Child (0-6) 217 124 93
Schedule Caste 142 77 65
Schedule Tribe 108 58 50
Literacy 85.26 % 92.86 % 77.28 %
Total Workers 1,113 583 530
Main Worker 976 - -
Marginal Worker 137 23 114

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 7.22 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 5.49 % of total population in Jam village.

Work Profile

In Jam village out of total population, 1113 were engaged in work activities. 87.69 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.31 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1113 workers engaged in Main Work, 589 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 255 were Agricultural labourer.