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Jestwari Population - Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand

Jestwari is a medium size village located in Chiniyalisaur Tehsil of Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand with total 205 families residing. The Jestwari village has population of 1175 of which 587 are males while 588 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jestwari village population of children with age 0-6 is 204 which makes up 17.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jestwari village is 1002 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Jestwari as per census is 981, higher than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Jestwari village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Jestwari village was 71.68 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Jestwari Male literacy stands at 88.43 % while female literacy rate was 55.03 %.

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

Jestwari Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 205 - -
Population 1,175 587 588
Child (0-6) 204 103 101
Schedule Caste 399 199 200
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.68 % 88.43 % 55.03 %
Total Workers 551 265 286
Main Worker 273 - -
Marginal Worker 278 127 151

Caste Factor

Jestwari village of Uttarkashi has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 33.96 % of total population in Jestwari village. The village Jestwari currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jestwari village out of total population, 551 were engaged in work activities. 49.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 551 workers engaged in Main Work, 235 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.