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Jhanjhra Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Jhanjhra is a medium size village located in Bhagawanpur - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 123 families residing. The Jhanjhra village has population of 500 of which 265 are males while 235 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhanjhra village population of children with age 0-6 is 58 which makes up 11.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhanjhra village is 887 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhanjhra as per census is 933, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Jhanjhra village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhanjhra village was 94.57 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jhanjhra Male literacy stands at 94.89 % while female literacy rate was 94.20 %.

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

Jhanjhra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 123 - -
Population 500 265 235
Child (0-6) 58 30 28
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 94.57 % 94.89 % 94.20 %
Total Workers 306 164 142
Main Worker 6 - -
Marginal Worker 300 159 141

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Jhanjhra village of Purba Medinipur district.

Work Profile

In Jhanjhra village out of total population, 306 were engaged in work activities. 1.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 98.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 306 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.