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Jhiriya Population - Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh

Jhiriya is a medium size village located in Khairlanji Tehsil of Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh with total 374 families residing. The Jhiriya village has population of 1336 of which 665 are males while 671 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhiriya village population of children with age 0-6 is 177 which makes up 13.25 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhiriya village is 1009 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhiriya as per census is 989, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Jhiriya village has higher literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhiriya village was 79.64 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Jhiriya Male literacy stands at 88.54 % while female literacy rate was 70.84 %.

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

Jhiriya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 374 - -
Population 1,336 665 671
Child (0-6) 177 89 88
Schedule Caste 204 98 106
Schedule Tribe 235 124 111
Literacy 79.64 % 88.54 % 70.84 %
Total Workers 644 338 306
Main Worker 83 - -
Marginal Worker 561 282 279

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 17.59 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 15.27 % of total population in Jhiriya village.

Work Profile

In Jhiriya village out of total population, 644 were engaged in work activities. 12.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 87.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 644 workers engaged in Main Work, 51 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.