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Jikar Population - Karimganj, Assam

Jikar is a medium size village located in Badarpur Circle of Karimganj district, Assam with total 342 families residing. The Jikar village has population of 1719 of which 872 are males while 847 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jikar village population of children with age 0-6 is 318 which makes up 18.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jikar village is 971 which is higher than Assam state average of 958. Child Sex Ratio for the Jikar as per census is 1025, higher than Assam average of 962.

Jikar village has higher literacy rate compared to Assam. In 2011, literacy rate of Jikar village was 75.30 % compared to 72.19 % of Assam. In Jikar Male literacy stands at 78.18 % while female literacy rate was 72.30 %.

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

Jikar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 342 - -
Population 1,719 872 847
Child (0-6) 318 157 161
Schedule Caste 87 46 41
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.30 % 78.18 % 72.30 %
Total Workers 698 445 253
Main Worker 369 - -
Marginal Worker 329 133 196

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.06 % of total population in Jikar village. The village Jikar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jikar village out of total population, 698 were engaged in work activities. 52.87 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.13 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 698 workers engaged in Main Work, 23 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 17 were Agricultural labourer.