Jhajar Population - Rupnagar, Punjab

Jhajar is a medium size village located in Anandpur Sahib Tehsil of Rupnagar district, Punjab with total 129 families residing. The Jhajar village has population of 632 of which 319 are males while 313 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhajar village population of children with age 0-6 is 74 which makes up 11.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhajar village is 981 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhajar as per census is 1242, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Jhajar village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhajar village was 81.36 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Jhajar Male literacy stands at 90.56 % while female literacy rate was 71.69 %.

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

Jhajar Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	129	-	-
Population	632	319	313
Child (0-6)	74	33	41
Schedule Caste	240	120	120
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	81.36 %	90.56 %	71.69 %
Total Workers	187	182	5
Main Worker	155	-	-
Marginal Worker	32	30	2

Caste Factor

In Jhajar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 37.97 % of total population in Jhajar village. The village Jhajar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jhajar village out of total population, 187 were engaged in work activities. 82.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 187 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.