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Jhargaon Population - Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal

Jhargaon is a large village located in Islampur Block of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 396 families residing. The Jhargaon village has population of 2008 of which 1023 are males while 985 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhargaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 395 which makes up 19.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhargaon village is 963 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhargaon as per census is 927, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Jhargaon village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhargaon village was 50.65 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jhargaon Male literacy stands at 60.15 % while female literacy rate was 40.88 %.

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

Jhargaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 396 - -
Population 2,008 1,023 985
Child (0-6) 395 205 190
Schedule Caste 20 11 9
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 50.65 % 60.15 % 40.88 %
Total Workers 523 480 43
Main Worker 513 - -
Marginal Worker 10 7 3

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 1.00 % of total population in Jhargaon village. The village Jhargaon currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jhargaon village out of total population, 523 were engaged in work activities. 98.09 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.91 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 523 workers engaged in Main Work, 128 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 338 were Agricultural labourer.