Jarasahi Population - Mayurbhanj, Orissa

Jarasahi is a medium size village located in Karanjia Block of Mayurbhanj district, Orissa with total 69 families residing. The Jarasahi village has population of 299 of which 139 are males while 160 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jarasahi village population of children with age 0-6 is 68 which makes up 22.74 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jarasahi village is 1151 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Jarasahi as per census is 1125, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Jarasahi village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Jarasahi village was 47.19 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Jarasahi Male literacy stands at 62.62 % while female literacy rate was 33.87 %.

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

Jarasahi Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	69	-	-
Population	299	139	160
Child (0-6)	68	32	36
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	283	131	152
Literacy	47.19 %	62.62 %	33.87 %
Total Workers	158	78	80
Main Worker	51	-	-
Marginal Worker	107	42	65

Caste Factor

In Jarasahi village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 94.65 % of total population in Jarasahi village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jarasahi village of Mayurbhanj.

Work Profile

In Jarasahi village out of total population, 158 were engaged in work activities. 32.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 67.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 158 workers engaged in Main Work, 14 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 31 were Agricultural labourer.