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Jarag Population - Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh

Jarag is a medium size village located in Renuka Tehsil of Sirmaur district, Himachal Pradesh with total 188 families residing. The Jarag village has population of 1219 of which 622 are males while 597 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jarag village population of children with age 0-6 is 232 which makes up 19.03 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jarag village is 960 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Jarag as per census is 902, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Jarag village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Jarag village was 65.05 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Jarag Male literacy stands at 73.80 % while female literacy rate was 56.06 %.

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

Jarag Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 188 - -
Population 1,219 622 597
Child (0-6) 232 122 110
Schedule Caste 753 385 368
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 65.05 % 73.80 % 56.06 %
Total Workers 701 348 353
Main Worker 644 - -
Marginal Worker 57 26 31

Caste Factor

In Jarag village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 61.77 % of total population in Jarag village. The village Jarag currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jarag village out of total population, 701 were engaged in work activities. 91.87 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.13 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 701 workers engaged in Main Work, 593 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.