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Jhiriya Population - Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh

Jhiriya is a medium size village located in Jaisinghnagar Tehsil of Shahdol district, Madhya Pradesh with total 172 families residing. The Jhiriya village has population of 578 of which 303 are males while 275 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhiriya village population of children with age 0-6 is 93 which makes up 16.09 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhiriya village is 908 which is lower than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhiriya as per census is 550, 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 62.47 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Jhiriya Male literacy stands at 75.31 % while female literacy rate was 49.59 %.

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 172 - -
Population 578 303 275
Child (0-6) 93 60 33
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 210 105 105
Literacy 62.47 % 75.31 % 49.59 %
Total Workers 304 154 150
Main Worker 145 - -
Marginal Worker 159 26 133

Caste Factor

In Jhiriya village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 36.33 % of total population in Jhiriya village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jhiriya village of Shahdol.

Work Profile

In Jhiriya village out of total population, 304 were engaged in work activities. 47.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 52.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 304 workers engaged in Main Work, 6 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 117 were Agricultural labourer.