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Jahangirpur Population - Purnia, Bihar

Jahangirpur is a medium size village located in Jalalgarh Block of Purnia district, Bihar with total 199 families residing. The Jahangirpur village has population of 1205 of which 616 are males while 589 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jahangirpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 289 which makes up 23.98 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jahangirpur village is 956 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Jahangirpur as per census is 953, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Jahangirpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Jahangirpur village was 23.47 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Jahangirpur Male literacy stands at 28.21 % while female literacy rate was 18.53 %.

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

Jahangirpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 199 - -
Population 1,205 616 589
Child (0-6) 289 148 141
Schedule Caste 216 115 101
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 23.47 % 28.21 % 18.53 %
Total Workers 291 270 21
Main Worker 279 - -
Marginal Worker 12 10 2

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.93 % of total population in Jahangirpur village. The village Jahangirpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jahangirpur village out of total population, 291 were engaged in work activities. 95.88 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.12 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 291 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 272 were Agricultural labourer.