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Jigana Population - Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh

Jigana is a medium size village located in Chakia Tehsil of Chandauli district, Uttar Pradesh with total 263 families residing. The Jigana village has population of 1572 of which 844 are males while 728 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jigana village population of children with age 0-6 is 312 which makes up 19.85 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jigana village is 863 which is lower than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Jigana as per census is 835, lower than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Jigana village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Jigana village was 67.14 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Jigana Male literacy stands at 79.23 % while female literacy rate was 53.24 %.

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

Jigana Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 263 - -
Population 1,572 844 728
Child (0-6) 312 170 142
Schedule Caste 432 237 195
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.14 % 79.23 % 53.24 %
Total Workers 508 386 122
Main Worker 379 - -
Marginal Worker 129 70 59

Caste Factor

Jigana village of Chandauli has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 27.48 % of total population in Jigana village. The village Jigana currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jigana village out of total population, 508 were engaged in work activities. 74.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 25.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 508 workers engaged in Main Work, 127 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 172 were Agricultural labourer.