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Jaharpur Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Jaharpur is a medium size village located in Bansihari Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 393 families residing. The Jaharpur village has population of 1767 of which 901 are males while 866 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jaharpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 241 which makes up 13.64 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jaharpur village is 961 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jaharpur as per census is 975, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Jaharpur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jaharpur village was 86.17 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jaharpur Male literacy stands at 88.83 % while female literacy rate was 83.40 %.

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

Jaharpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 393 - -
Population 1,767 901 866
Child (0-6) 241 122 119
Schedule Caste 305 153 152
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 86.17 % 88.83 % 83.40 %
Total Workers 590 493 97
Main Worker 377 - -
Marginal Worker 213 135 78

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.26 % of total population in Jaharpur village. The village Jaharpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jaharpur village out of total population, 590 were engaged in work activities. 63.90 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 36.10 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 590 workers engaged in Main Work, 197 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 134 were Agricultural labourer.