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Jelam Population - Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand

Jelam is a medium size village located in Jakhnidhar Tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand with total 158 families residing. The Jelam village has population of 732 of which 320 are males while 412 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jelam village population of children with age 0-6 is 109 which makes up 14.89 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jelam village is 1288 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Jelam as per census is 847, lower than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Jelam village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Jelam village was 74.16 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Jelam Male literacy stands at 88.89 % while female literacy rate was 63.54 %.

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

Jelam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 158 - -
Population 732 320 412
Child (0-6) 109 59 50
Schedule Caste 184 89 95
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 74.16 % 88.89 % 63.54 %
Total Workers 259 127 132
Main Worker 211 - -
Marginal Worker 48 3 45

Caste Factor

Jelam village of Tehri Garhwal has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 25.14 % of total population in Jelam village. The village Jelam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jelam village out of total population, 259 were engaged in work activities. 81.47 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.53 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 259 workers engaged in Main Work, 170 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.