Jerkani Population - Mayurbhanj, Orissa

Jerkani is a medium size village located in Jharpokharia Block of Mayurbhanj district, Orissa with total 279 families residing. The Jerkani village has population of 1081 of which 531 are males while 550 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jerkani village population of children with age 0-6 is 161 which makes up 14.89 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jerkani village is 1036 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Jerkani as per census is 1333, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Jerkani village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Jerkani village was 53.37 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Jerkani Male literacy stands at 67.32 % while female literacy rate was 39.30 %.

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

Jerkani Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	279	-	-
Population	1,081	531	550
Child (0-6)	161	69	92
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	549	279	270
Literacy	53.37 %	67.32 %	39.30 %
Total Workers	490	317	173
Main Worker	139	-	-
Marginal Worker	351	189	162

Caste Factor

In Jerkani village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 50.79 % of total population in Jerkani village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jerkani village of Mayurbhanj.

Work Profile

In Jerkani village out of total population, 490 were engaged in work activities. 28.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 71.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 490 workers engaged in Main Work, 53 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.