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Jhiriya Population - Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh

Jhiriya is a medium size village located in Beohari Tehsil of Shahdol district, Madhya Pradesh with total 359 families residing. The Jhiriya village has population of 1813 of which 914 are males while 899 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhiriya village population of children with age 0-6 is 291 which makes up 16.05 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhiriya village is 984 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhiriya as per census is 830, lower than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Jhiriya village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhiriya village was 67.81 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Jhiriya Male literacy stands at 81.99 % while female literacy rate was 53.85 %.

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 359 - -
Population 1,813 914 899
Child (0-6) 291 159 132
Schedule Caste 35 17 18
Schedule Tribe 559 287 272
Literacy 67.81 % 81.99 % 53.85 %
Total Workers 743 487 256
Main Worker 630 - -
Marginal Worker 113 53 60

Caste Factor

Jhiriya village of Shahdol has substantial population of Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 30.83 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.93 % of total population in Jhiriya village.

Work Profile

In Jhiriya village out of total population, 743 were engaged in work activities. 84.79 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.21 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 743 workers engaged in Main Work, 274 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 272 were Agricultural labourer.