Jorshal Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Jorshal is a medium size village located in Barjora Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 211 families residing. The Jorshal village has population of 993 of which 518 are males while 475 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jorshal village population of children with age 0-6 is 126 which makes up 12.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jorshal village is 917 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jorshal as per census is 909, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Jorshal village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jorshal village was 75.89 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jorshal Male literacy stands at 83.63 % while female literacy rate was 67.47 %.

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

Jorshal Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	211	-	-
Population	993	518	475
Child (0-6)	126	66	60
Schedule Caste	352	180	172
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	75.89 %	83.63 %	67.47 %
Total Workers	483	303	180
Main Worker	56	-	-
Marginal Worker	427	265	162

Caste Factor

In Jorshal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 35.45 % of total population in Jorshal village. The village Jorshal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jorshal village out of total population, 483 were engaged in work activities. 11.59 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 88.41 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 483 workers engaged in Main Work, 43 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.