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Jortala Population - Damoh, Madhya Pradesh

Jortala is a large village located in Patharia Tehsil of Damoh district, Madhya Pradesh with total 557 families residing. The Jortala village has population of 2014 of which 1099 are males while 915 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jortala village population of children with age 0-6 is 319 which makes up 15.84 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jortala village is 833 which is lower than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Jortala as per census is 922, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Jortala village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Jortala village was 67.91 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Jortala Male literacy stands at 77.28 % while female literacy rate was 56.43 %.

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

Jortala Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 557 - -
Population 2,014 1,099 915
Child (0-6) 319 166 153
Schedule Caste 702 388 314
Schedule Tribe 130 73 57
Literacy 67.91 % 77.28 % 56.43 %
Total Workers 788 578 210
Main Worker 588 - -
Marginal Worker 200 64 136

Caste Factor

Jortala village of Damoh has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 34.86 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 6.45 % of total population in Jortala village.

Work Profile

In Jortala village out of total population, 788 were engaged in work activities. 74.62 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 25.38 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 788 workers engaged in Main Work, 108 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 404 were Agricultural labourer.