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Jharka Population - Supaul, Bihar

Jharka is a large village located in Pipra Block of Supaul district, Bihar with total 635 families residing. The Jharka village has population of 3312 of which 1756 are males while 1556 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jharka village population of children with age 0-6 is 509 which makes up 15.37 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jharka village is 886 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Jharka as per census is 799, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Jharka village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Jharka village was 49.05 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Jharka Male literacy stands at 65.92 % while female literacy rate was 30.38 %.

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

Jharka Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 635 - -
Population 3,312 1,756 1,556
Child (0-6) 509 283 226
Schedule Caste 188 91 97
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 49.05 % 65.92 % 30.38 %
Total Workers 1,869 975 894
Main Worker 962 - -
Marginal Worker 907 470 437

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.68 % of total population in Jharka village. The village Jharka currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jharka village out of total population, 1869 were engaged in work activities. 51.47 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 48.53 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1869 workers engaged in Main Work, 906 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 34 were Agricultural labourer.