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Jhariya Population - Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand

Jhariya is a medium size village located in Potka Block of Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand with total 210 families residing. The Jhariya village has population of 1088 of which 557 are males while 531 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhariya village population of children with age 0-6 is 188 which makes up 17.28 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhariya village is 953 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhariya as per census is 1089, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Jhariya village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhariya village was 59.00 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Jhariya Male literacy stands at 73.66 % while female literacy rate was 43.19 %.

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

Jhariya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 210 - -
Population 1,088 557 531
Child (0-6) 188 90 98
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,027 530 497
Literacy 59.00 % 73.66 % 43.19 %
Total Workers 575 334 241
Main Worker 161 - -
Marginal Worker 414 211 203

Caste Factor

In Jhariya village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 94.39 % of total population in Jhariya village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jhariya village of Purbi Singhbhum.

Work Profile

In Jhariya village out of total population, 575 were engaged in work activities. 28.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 72.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 575 workers engaged in Main Work, 81 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 11 were Agricultural labourer.