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Jirwa Population - Madhepura, Bihar

Jirwa is a large village located in Shankarpur Block of Madhepura district, Bihar with total 5539 families residing. The Jirwa village has population of 26295 of which 13561 are males while 12734 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jirwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 4982 which makes up 18.95 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jirwa village is 939 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Jirwa as per census is 912, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Jirwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Jirwa village was 53.00 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Jirwa Male literacy stands at 63.25 % while female literacy rate was 42.15 %.

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

Jirwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 5,539 - -
Population 26,295 13,561 12,734
Child (0-6) 4,982 2,605 2,377
Schedule Caste 5,858 3,002 2,856
Schedule Tribe 28 14 14
Literacy 53.00 % 63.25 % 42.15 %
Total Workers 12,136 6,841 5,295
Main Worker 4,976 - -
Marginal Worker 7,160 3,367 3,793

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 22.28 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.11 % of total population in Jirwa village.

Work Profile

In Jirwa village out of total population, 12136 were engaged in work activities. 41.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 59.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 12136 workers engaged in Main Work, 1447 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2925 were Agricultural labourer.