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Jalkheda Population - Barwani, Madhya Pradesh

Jalkheda is a large village located in Rajpur Tehsil of Barwani district, Madhya Pradesh with total 892 families residing. The Jalkheda village has population of 5138 of which 2585 are males while 2553 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jalkheda village population of children with age 0-6 is 1122 which makes up 21.84 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jalkheda village is 988 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Jalkheda as per census is 934, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Jalkheda village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Jalkheda village was 26.77 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Jalkheda Male literacy stands at 28.33 % while female literacy rate was 25.21 %.

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

Jalkheda Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 892 - -
Population 5,138 2,585 2,553
Child (0-6) 1,122 580 542
Schedule Caste 312 162 150
Schedule Tribe 4,629 2,320 2,309
Literacy 26.77 % 28.33 % 25.21 %
Total Workers 2,560 1,327 1,233
Main Worker 1,187 - -
Marginal Worker 1,373 472 901

Caste Factor

In Jalkheda village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 90.09 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 6.07 % of total population in Jalkheda village.

Work Profile

In Jalkheda village out of total population, 2560 were engaged in work activities. 46.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2560 workers engaged in Main Work, 934 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 224 were Agricultural labourer.