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Jaru Population - Kachchh, Gujarat

Jaru is a medium size village located in Anjar Taluka of Kachchh district, Gujarat with total 297 families residing. The Jaru village has population of 1374 of which 716 are males while 658 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jaru village population of children with age 0-6 is 244 which makes up 17.76 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jaru village is 919 which is equal than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Jaru as per census is 891, higher than Gujarat average of 890.

Jaru village has lower literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Jaru village was 58.50 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Jaru Male literacy stands at 70.87 % while female literacy rate was 45.12 %.

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

Jaru Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 297 - -
Population 1,374 716 658
Child (0-6) 244 129 115
Schedule Caste 69 38 31
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 58.50 % 70.87 % 45.12 %
Total Workers 429 379 50
Main Worker 409 - -
Marginal Worker 20 14 6

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.02 % of total population in Jaru village. The village Jaru currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jaru village out of total population, 429 were engaged in work activities. 95.34 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.66 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 429 workers engaged in Main Work, 96 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 85 were Agricultural labourer.