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Jakhdhar Population - Kangra, Himachal Pradesh

Jakhdhar is a medium size village located in Jaswan Tehsil of Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh with total 234 families residing. The Jakhdhar village has population of 1058 of which 531 are males while 527 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jakhdhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 107 which makes up 10.11 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jakhdhar village is 992 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Jakhdhar as per census is 783, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Jakhdhar village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Jakhdhar village was 89.17 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Jakhdhar Male literacy stands at 92.14 % while female literacy rate was 86.25 %.

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

Jakhdhar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 234 - -
Population 1,058 531 527
Child (0-6) 107 60 47
Schedule Caste 114 56 58
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 89.17 % 92.14 % 86.25 %
Total Workers 908 453 455
Main Worker 162 - -
Marginal Worker 746 308 438

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.78 % of total population in Jakhdhar village. The village Jakhdhar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jakhdhar village out of total population, 908 were engaged in work activities. 17.84 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 82.16 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 908 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.