Jakhana Population - The Dangs, Gujarat

Jakhana is a medium size village located in The Dangs Taluka of The Dangs district, Gujarat with total 217 families residing. The Jakhana village has population of 1351 of which 668 are males while 683 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jakhana village population of children with age 0-6 is 267 which makes up 19.76 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jakhana village is 1022 which is higher than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Jakhana as per census is 1008, higher than Gujarat average of 890.

Jakhana village has lower literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Jakhana village was 71.86 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Jakhana Male literacy stands at 80.93 % while female literacy rate was 63.02 %.

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

Jakhana Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	217	-	-
Population	1,351	668	683
Child (0-6)	267	133	134
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	1,345	666	679
Literacy	71.86 %	80.93 %	63.02 %
Total Workers	833	417	416
Main Worker	369	-	-
Marginal Worker	464	91	373

Caste Factor

In Jakhana village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.56 % of total population in Jakhana village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jakhana village of The Dangs.

Work Profile

In Jakhana village out of total population, 833 were engaged in work activities. 44.30 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 55.70 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 833 workers engaged in Main Work, 311 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 20 were Agricultural labourer.