Janka Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Janka is a large village located in Khejuri - II Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 554 families residing. The Janka village has population of 2804 of which 1452 are males while 1352 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Janka village population of children with age 0-6 is 347 which makes up 12.38 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Janka village is 931 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Janka as per census is 960, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Janka village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Janka village was 90.11 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Janka Male literacy stands at 93.57 % while female literacy rate was 86.38 %.

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

Janka Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	554	-	-
Population	2,804	1,452	1,352
Child (0-6)	347	177	170
Schedule Caste	1,209	617	592
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	90.11 %	93.57 %	86.38 %
Total Workers	1,042	810	232
Main Worker	569	-	-
Marginal Worker	473	301	172

Caste Factor

In Janka village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 43.12 % of total population in Janka village. The village Janka currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Janka village out of total population, 1042 were engaged in work activities. 54.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1042 workers engaged in Main Work, 228 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 57 were Agricultural labourer.