Jhanjha Population - North Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Jhanjha is a medium size village located in Haroa Block of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 339 families residing. The Jhanjha village has population of 1527 of which 798 are males while 729 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhanjha village population of children with age 0-6 is 161 which makes up 10.54 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhanjha village is 914 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhanjha as per census is 917, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Jhanjha village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhanjha village was 79.28 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jhanjha Male literacy stands at 86.55 % while female literacy rate was 71.32 %.

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

Jhanjha Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	339	-	-
Population	1,527	798	729
Child (0-6)	161	84	77
Schedule Caste	749	387	362
Schedule Tribe	68	35	33
Literacy	79.28 %	86.55 %	71.32 %
Total Workers	567	484	83
Main Worker	471	-	-
Marginal Worker	96	35	61

Caste Factor

In Jhanjha village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 49.05 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 4.45 % of total population in Jhanjha village.

Work Profile

In Jhanjha village out of total population, 567 were engaged in work activities. 83.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 567 workers engaged in Main Work, 55 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 227 were Agricultural labourer.