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Jhite Population - Firozpur, Punjab

Jhite is a medium size village located in Zira Tehsil of Firozpur district, Punjab with total 43 families residing. The Jhite village has population of 235 of which 123 are males while 112 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhite village population of children with age 0-6 is 22 which makes up 9.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhite village is 911 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhite as per census is 833, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Jhite village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhite village was 66.20 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Jhite Male literacy stands at 70.27 % while female literacy rate was 61.76 %.

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

Jhite Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 43 - -
Population 235 123 112
Child (0-6) 22 12 10
Schedule Caste 73 42 31
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 66.20 % 70.27 % 61.76 %
Total Workers 85 72 13
Main Worker 80 - -
Marginal Worker 5 3 2

Caste Factor

Jhite village of Firozpur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 31.06 % of total population in Jhite village. The village Jhite currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jhite village out of total population, 85 were engaged in work activities. 94.12 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.88 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 85 workers engaged in Main Work, 36 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 22 were Agricultural labourer.