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Jhalar Population - Nalanda, Bihar

Jhalar is a medium size village located in Rajgir Block of Nalanda district, Bihar with total 235 families residing. The Jhalar village has population of 1432 of which 726 are males while 706 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhalar village population of children with age 0-6 is 251 which makes up 17.53 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhalar village is 972 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhalar as per census is 1057, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Jhalar village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhalar village was 59.70 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Jhalar Male literacy stands at 73.34 % while female literacy rate was 45.41 %.

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

Jhalar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 235 - -
Population 1,432 726 706
Child (0-6) 251 122 129
Schedule Caste 451 223 228
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 59.70 % 73.34 % 45.41 %
Total Workers 675 390 285
Main Worker 664 - -
Marginal Worker 11 5 6

Caste Factor

Jhalar village of Nalanda has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 31.49 % of total population in Jhalar village. The village Jhalar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jhalar village out of total population, 675 were engaged in work activities. 98.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 675 workers engaged in Main Work, 182 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 242 were Agricultural labourer.