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Jalkar Population - Purnia, Bihar

Jalkar is a medium size village located in Amour Block of Purnia district, Bihar with total 91 families residing. The Jalkar village has population of 403 of which 214 are males while 189 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jalkar village population of children with age 0-6 is 86 which makes up 21.34 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jalkar village is 883 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Jalkar as per census is 1098, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Jalkar village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Jalkar village was 42.90 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Jalkar Male literacy stands at 52.60 % while female literacy rate was 31.25 %.

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

Jalkar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 91 - -
Population 403 214 189
Child (0-6) 86 41 45
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 42.90 % 52.60 % 31.25 %
Total Workers 205 114 91
Main Worker 204 - -
Marginal Worker 1 0 1

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Jalkar village of Purnia district.

Work Profile

In Jalkar village out of total population, 205 were engaged in work activities. 99.51 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.49 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 205 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 12 were Agricultural labourer.