Jorsa Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Jorsa is a medium size village located in Mejhia Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 159 families residing. The Jorsa village has population of 852 of which 454 are males while 398 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jorsa village population of children with age 0-6 is 103 which makes up 12.09 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jorsa village is 877 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jorsa as per census is 717, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Jorsa village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jorsa village was 79.97 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jorsa Male literacy stands at 91.37 % while female literacy rate was 67.32 %.

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

Jorsa Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	159	-	-
Population	852	454	398
Child (0-6)	103	60	43
Schedule Caste	569	298	271
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	79.97 %	91.37 %	67.32 %
Total Workers	299	242	57
Main Worker	184	-	-
Marginal Worker	115	65	50

Caste Factor

In Jorsa village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 66.78 % of total population in Jorsa village. The village Jorsa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jorsa village out of total population, 299 were engaged in work activities. 61.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 299 workers engaged in Main Work, 60 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 55 were Agricultural labourer.