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Jhigarghat Population - Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

Jhigarghat is a medium size village located in Bichhiya Tehsil of Mandla district, Madhya Pradesh with total 251 families residing. The Jhigarghat village has population of 988 of which 480 are males while 508 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhigarghat village population of children with age 0-6 is 116 which makes up 11.74 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhigarghat village is 1058 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhigarghat as per census is 1148, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Jhigarghat village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhigarghat village was 61.35 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Jhigarghat Male literacy stands at 75.35 % while female literacy rate was 47.98 %.

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

Jhigarghat Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 251 - -
Population 988 480 508
Child (0-6) 116 54 62
Schedule Caste 29 13 16
Schedule Tribe 170 85 85
Literacy 61.35 % 75.35 % 47.98 %
Total Workers 597 301 296
Main Worker 370 - -
Marginal Worker 227 101 126

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 17.21 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 2.94 % of total population in Jhigarghat village.

Work Profile

In Jhigarghat village out of total population, 597 were engaged in work activities. 61.98 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.02 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 597 workers engaged in Main Work, 186 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 167 were Agricultural labourer.