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Jahal Population - Jajapur, Orissa

Jahal is a medium size village located in Jajpur Sadar Block of Jajapur district, Orissa with total 240 families residing. The Jahal village has population of 1010 of which 528 are males while 482 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jahal village population of children with age 0-6 is 116 which makes up 11.49 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jahal village is 913 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Jahal as per census is 871, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Jahal village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Jahal village was 92.95 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Jahal Male literacy stands at 95.06 % while female literacy rate was 90.65 %.

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

Jahal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 240 - -
Population 1,010 528 482
Child (0-6) 116 62 54
Schedule Caste 186 98 88
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 92.95 % 95.06 % 90.65 %
Total Workers 306 284 22
Main Worker 28 - -
Marginal Worker 278 265 13

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 18.42 % of total population in Jahal village. The village Jahal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jahal village out of total population, 306 were engaged in work activities. 9.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 90.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 306 workers engaged in Main Work, 11 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.