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Jar Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Jar is a medium size village located in Kumharsain Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 66 families residing. The Jar village has population of 246 of which 114 are males while 132 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jar village population of children with age 0-6 is 14 which makes up 5.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jar village is 1158 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Jar as per census is 1333, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Jar village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Jar village was 79.74 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Jar Male literacy stands at 85.19 % while female literacy rate was 75.00 %.

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

Jar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 66 - -
Population 246 114 132
Child (0-6) 14 6 8
Schedule Caste 87 45 42
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 79.74 % 85.19 % 75.00 %
Total Workers 62 47 15
Main Worker 24 - -
Marginal Worker 38 35 3

Caste Factor

In Jar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 35.37 % of total population in Jar village. The village Jar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jar village out of total population, 62 were engaged in work activities. 38.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 61.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 62 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.