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Jafra Population - Nalanda, Bihar

Jafra is a medium size village located in Ben Block of Nalanda district, Bihar with total 350 families residing. The Jafra village has population of 1880 of which 979 are males while 901 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jafra village population of children with age 0-6 is 336 which makes up 17.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jafra village is 920 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Jafra as per census is 898, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Jafra village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Jafra village was 57.51 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Jafra Male literacy stands at 68.45 % while female literacy rate was 45.69 %.

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

Jafra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 350 - -
Population 1,880 979 901
Child (0-6) 336 177 159
Schedule Caste 623 310 313
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 57.51 % 68.45 % 45.69 %
Total Workers 690 484 206
Main Worker 589 - -
Marginal Worker 101 87 14

Caste Factor

Jafra village of Nalanda has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 33.14 % of total population in Jafra village. The village Jafra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jafra village out of total population, 690 were engaged in work activities. 85.36 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.64 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 690 workers engaged in Main Work, 51 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 428 were Agricultural labourer.