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Jhanjhar Population - Burhanpur, Madhya Pradesh

Jhanjhar is a medium size village located in Nepanagar Tehsil of Burhanpur district, Madhya Pradesh with total 296 families residing. The Jhanjhar village has population of 1641 of which 836 are males while 805 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhanjhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 385 which makes up 23.46 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhanjhar village is 963 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhanjhar as per census is 906, lower than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Jhanjhar village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhanjhar village was 33.68 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Jhanjhar Male literacy stands at 38.80 % while female literacy rate was 28.46 %.

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

Jhanjhar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 296 - -
Population 1,641 836 805
Child (0-6) 385 202 183
Schedule Caste 17 10 7
Schedule Tribe 1,272 648 624
Literacy 33.68 % 38.80 % 28.46 %
Total Workers 805 454 351
Main Worker 781 - -
Marginal Worker 24 13 11

Caste Factor

In Jhanjhar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 77.51 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.04 % of total population in Jhanjhar village.

Work Profile

In Jhanjhar village out of total population, 805 were engaged in work activities. 97.02 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.98 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 805 workers engaged in Main Work, 6 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 649 were Agricultural labourer.