Jerkani Population - Mayurbhanj, Orissa

Jerkani is a small village located in Bangiriposi Block of Mayurbhanj district, Orissa with total 23 families residing. The Jerkani village has population of 105 of which 58 are males while 47 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jerkani village population of children with age 0-6 is 23 which makes up 21.90 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jerkani village is 810 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Jerkani as per census is 769, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Jerkani village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Jerkani village was 24.39 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Jerkani Male literacy stands at 33.33 % while female literacy rate was 13.51 %.

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	23	-	-
Population	105	58	47
Child (0-6)	23	13	10
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	94	52	42
Literacy	24.39 %	33.33 %	13.51 %
Total Workers	64	32	32
Main Worker	17	-	-
Marginal Worker	47	17	30

Caste Factor

In Jerkani village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 89.52 % 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, 64 were engaged in work activities. 26.56 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 73.44 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 64 workers engaged in Main Work, 12 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.