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Jhikadanga Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Jhikadanga is a medium size village located in Harischandrapur - I Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 171 families residing. The Jhikadanga village has population of 789 of which 406 are males while 383 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhikadanga village population of children with age 0-6 is 99 which makes up 12.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhikadanga village is 943 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhikadanga as per census is 1106, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Jhikadanga village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhikadanga village was 81.74 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jhikadanga Male literacy stands at 86.07 % while female literacy rate was 77.04 %.

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

Jhikadanga Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 171 - -
Population 789 406 383
Child (0-6) 99 47 52
Schedule Caste 123 63 60
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 81.74 % 86.07 % 77.04 %
Total Workers 224 209 15
Main Worker 219 - -
Marginal Worker 5 1 4

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 15.59 % of total population in Jhikadanga village. The village Jhikadanga currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jhikadanga village out of total population, 224 were engaged in work activities. 97.77 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.23 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 224 workers engaged in Main Work, 52 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 145 were Agricultural labourer.