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Jhajguan Population - Kangra, Himachal Pradesh

Jhajguan is a medium size village located in Nurpur Tehsil of Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh with total 104 families residing. The Jhajguan village has population of 525 of which 266 are males while 259 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhajguan village population of children with age 0-6 is 61 which makes up 11.62 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhajguan village is 974 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhajguan as per census is 906, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Jhajguan village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhajguan village was 85.13 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Jhajguan Male literacy stands at 88.46 % while female literacy rate was 81.74 %.

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

Jhajguan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 104 - -
Population 525 266 259
Child (0-6) 61 32 29
Schedule Caste 99 51 48
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 85.13 % 88.46 % 81.74 %
Total Workers 145 128 17
Main Worker 31 - -
Marginal Worker 114 104 10

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 18.86 % of total population in Jhajguan village. The village Jhajguan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jhajguan village out of total population, 145 were engaged in work activities. 21.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 78.62 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 145 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.