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Jolay Population - Dewas, Madhya Pradesh

Jolay is a medium size village located in Sonkatch Tehsil of Dewas district, Madhya Pradesh with total 277 families residing. The Jolay village has population of 1460 of which 743 are males while 717 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jolay village population of children with age 0-6 is 212 which makes up 14.52 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jolay village is 965 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Jolay as per census is 1120, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Jolay village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Jolay village was 66.83 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Jolay Male literacy stands at 80.25 % while female literacy rate was 52.56 %.

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

Jolay Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 277 - -
Population 1,460 743 717
Child (0-6) 212 100 112
Schedule Caste 694 358 336
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 66.83 % 80.25 % 52.56 %
Total Workers 568 387 181
Main Worker 387 - -
Marginal Worker 181 21 160

Caste Factor

In Jolay village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 47.53 % of total population in Jolay village. The village Jolay currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jolay village out of total population, 568 were engaged in work activities. 68.13 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.87 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 568 workers engaged in Main Work, 155 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 167 were Agricultural labourer.