Skip to main content Skip to docs navigation

Jiara Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Jiara is a medium size village located in Raghunathpur - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 310 families residing. The Jiara village has population of 1635 of which 815 are males while 820 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jiara village population of children with age 0-6 is 197 which makes up 12.05 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jiara village is 1006 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jiara as per census is 858, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Jiara village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jiara village was 65.86 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jiara Male literacy stands at 78.98 % while female literacy rate was 53.09 %.

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

Jiara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 310 - -
Population 1,635 815 820
Child (0-6) 197 106 91
Schedule Caste 959 466 493
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 65.86 % 78.98 % 53.09 %
Total Workers 448 378 70
Main Worker 250 - -
Marginal Worker 198 151 47

Caste Factor

In Jiara village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 58.65 % of total population in Jiara village. The village Jiara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jiara village out of total population, 448 were engaged in work activities. 55.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 44.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 448 workers engaged in Main Work, 11 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 62 were Agricultural labourer.