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Jurgum Population - Jashpur, Chhattisgarh

Jurgum is a medium size village located in Jashpur Tehsil of Jashpur district, Chhattisgarh with total 389 families residing. The Jurgum village has population of 1482 of which 775 are males while 707 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jurgum village population of children with age 0-6 is 293 which makes up 19.77 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jurgum village is 912 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Jurgum as per census is 940, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Jurgum village has higher literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Jurgum village was 80.91 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Jurgum Male literacy stands at 89.26 % while female literacy rate was 71.68 %.

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

Jurgum Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 389 - -
Population 1,482 775 707
Child (0-6) 293 151 142
Schedule Caste 28 16 12
Schedule Tribe 1,265 662 603
Literacy 80.91 % 89.26 % 71.68 %
Total Workers 640 423 217
Main Worker 438 - -
Marginal Worker 202 74 128

Caste Factor

In Jurgum village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 85.36 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.89 % of total population in Jurgum village.

Work Profile

In Jurgum village out of total population, 640 were engaged in work activities. 68.44 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.56 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 640 workers engaged in Main Work, 43 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.