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Jolah Bigha Population - Gaya, Bihar

Jolah Bigha is a medium size village located in Tikari Block of Gaya district, Bihar with total 144 families residing. The Jolah Bigha village has population of 958 of which 492 are males while 466 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jolah Bigha village population of children with age 0-6 is 207 which makes up 21.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jolah Bigha village is 947 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Jolah Bigha as per census is 1029, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Jolah Bigha village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Jolah Bigha village was 55.53 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Jolah Bigha Male literacy stands at 66.15 % while female literacy rate was 44.04 %.

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

Jolah Bigha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 144 - -
Population 958 492 466
Child (0-6) 207 102 105
Schedule Caste 447 230 217
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 55.53 % 66.15 % 44.04 %
Total Workers 366 235 131
Main Worker 161 - -
Marginal Worker 205 89 116

Caste Factor

In Jolah Bigha village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 46.66 % of total population in Jolah Bigha village. The village Jolah Bigha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jolah Bigha village out of total population, 366 were engaged in work activities. 43.99 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 56.01 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 366 workers engaged in Main Work, 13 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 130 were Agricultural labourer.