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Jirra Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Jirra is a medium size village located in Indpur Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 209 families residing. The Jirra village has population of 1007 of which 536 are males while 471 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jirra village population of children with age 0-6 is 111 which makes up 11.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jirra village is 879 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jirra as per census is 982, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Jirra village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jirra village was 74.00 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jirra Male literacy stands at 83.33 % while female literacy rate was 63.22 %.

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

Jirra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 209 - -
Population 1,007 536 471
Child (0-6) 111 56 55
Schedule Caste 422 217 205
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 74.00 % 83.33 % 63.22 %
Total Workers 338 280 58
Main Worker 256 - -
Marginal Worker 82 67 15

Caste Factor

In Jirra village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 41.91 % of total population in Jirra village. The village Jirra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jirra village out of total population, 338 were engaged in work activities. 75.74 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.26 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 338 workers engaged in Main Work, 29 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 100 were Agricultural labourer.