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Jhawa Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Jhawa is a medium size village located in Deshopran Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 396 families residing. The Jhawa village has population of 1813 of which 951 are males while 862 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhawa village population of children with age 0-6 is 186 which makes up 10.26 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhawa village is 906 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhawa as per census is 788, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Jhawa village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhawa village was 87.89 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jhawa Male literacy stands at 92.68 % while female literacy rate was 82.69 %.

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

Jhawa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 396 - -
Population 1,813 951 862
Child (0-6) 186 104 82
Schedule Caste 63 33 30
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 87.89 % 92.68 % 82.69 %
Total Workers 634 598 36
Main Worker 377 - -
Marginal Worker 257 237 20

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.47 % of total population in Jhawa village. The village Jhawa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jhawa village out of total population, 634 were engaged in work activities. 59.46 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.54 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 634 workers engaged in Main Work, 51 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 252 were Agricultural labourer.