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Jhirwa Population - Supaul, Bihar

Jhirwa is a medium size village located in Basantpur Block of Supaul district, Bihar with total 334 families residing. The Jhirwa village has population of 1597 of which 852 are males while 745 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhirwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 348 which makes up 21.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhirwa village is 874 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhirwa as per census is 803, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Jhirwa village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhirwa village was 62.77 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Jhirwa Male literacy stands at 75.72 % while female literacy rate was 48.31 %.

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

Jhirwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 334 - -
Population 1,597 852 745
Child (0-6) 348 193 155
Schedule Caste 529 276 253
Schedule Tribe 1 0 1
Literacy 62.77 % 75.72 % 48.31 %
Total Workers 592 432 160
Main Worker 141 - -
Marginal Worker 451 297 154

Caste Factor

Jhirwa village of Supaul has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 33.12 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.06 % of total population in Jhirwa village.

Work Profile

In Jhirwa village out of total population, 592 were engaged in work activities. 23.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 76.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 592 workers engaged in Main Work, 76 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 48 were Agricultural labourer.