Jigni Population - Basti, Uttar Pradesh

Jigni is a medium size village located in Basti Tehsil of Basti district, Uttar Pradesh with total 93 families residing. The Jigni village has population of 589 of which 321 are males while 268 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jigni village population of children with age 0-6 is 92 which makes up 15.62 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jigni village is 835 which is lower than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Jigni as per census is 769, lower than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Jigni village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Jigni village was 69.22 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Jigni Male literacy stands at 80.30 % while female literacy rate was 56.14 %.

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

Jigni Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	93	-	-
Population	589	321	268
Child (0-6)	92	52	40
Schedule Caste	298	157	141
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	69.22 %	80.30 %	56.14 %
Total Workers	151	144	7
Main Worker	86	-	-
Marginal Worker	65	61	4

Caste Factor

In Jigni village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 50.59 % of total population in Jigni village. The village Jigni currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jigni village out of total population, 151 were engaged in work activities. 56.95 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 43.05 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 151 workers engaged in Main Work, 19 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 41 were Agricultural labourer.