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Jhajra Population - Dehradun, Uttarakhand

Jhajra is a large village located in Vikasnagar Tehsil of Dehradun district, Uttarakhand with total 584 families residing. The Jhajra village has population of 2648 of which 1428 are males while 1220 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhajra village population of children with age 0-6 is 298 which makes up 11.25 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhajra village is 854 which is lower than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhajra as per census is 987, higher than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Jhajra village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhajra village was 87.06 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Jhajra Male literacy stands at 93.04 % while female literacy rate was 79.94 %.

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

Jhajra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 584 - -
Population 2,648 1,428 1,220
Child (0-6) 298 150 148
Schedule Caste 840 448 392
Schedule Tribe 24 24 0
Literacy 87.06 % 93.04 % 79.94 %
Total Workers 763 625 138
Main Worker 679 - -
Marginal Worker 84 65 19

Caste Factor

Jhajra village of Dehradun has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 31.72 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.91 % of total population in Jhajra village.

Work Profile

In Jhajra village out of total population, 763 were engaged in work activities. 88.99 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.01 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 763 workers engaged in Main Work, 20 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.