Sijang Population - Simdega, Jharkhand

Sijang is a medium size village located in Bano Block of Simdega district, Jharkhand with total 149 families residing. The Sijang village has population of 691 of which 334 are males while 357 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sijang village population of children with age 0-6 is 137 which makes up 19.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sijang village is 1069 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Sijang as per census is 1141, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Sijang village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Sijang village was 77.44 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Sijang Male literacy stands at 82.59 % while female literacy rate was 72.54 %.

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

Sijang Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	149	-	-
Population	691	334	357
Child (0-6)	137	64	73
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	613	296	317
Literacy	77.44 %	82.59 %	72.54 %
Total Workers	378	185	193
Main Worker	172	-	-
Marginal Worker	206	68	138

Caste Factor

In Sijang village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 88.71 % of total population in Sijang village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sijang village of Simdega.

Work Profile

In Sijang village out of total population, 378 were engaged in work activities. 45.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 378 workers engaged in Main Work, 38 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 123 were Agricultural labourer.