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Jam Population - Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh

Jam is a large village located in Lalbarra Tehsil of Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh with total 1240 families residing. The Jam village has population of 5530 of which 2731 are males while 2799 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jam village population of children with age 0-6 is 745 which makes up 13.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jam village is 1025 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Jam as per census is 800, lower than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Jam village has higher literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Jam village was 74.19 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Jam Male literacy stands at 82.26 % while female literacy rate was 66.61 %.

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

Jam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,240 - -
Population 5,530 2,731 2,799
Child (0-6) 745 414 331
Schedule Caste 202 89 113
Schedule Tribe 160 75 85
Literacy 74.19 % 82.26 % 66.61 %
Total Workers 3,001 1,538 1,463
Main Worker 2,403 - -
Marginal Worker 598 238 360

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.65 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.89 % of total population in Jam village.

Work Profile

In Jam village out of total population, 3001 were engaged in work activities. 80.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 3001 workers engaged in Main Work, 837 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1393 were Agricultural labourer.