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Jajan Population - Katihar, Bihar

Jajan is a medium size village located in Balrampur Block of Katihar district, Bihar with total 127 families residing. The Jajan village has population of 603 of which 301 are males while 302 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jajan village population of children with age 0-6 is 105 which makes up 17.41 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jajan village is 1003 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Jajan as per census is 981, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Jajan village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Jajan village was 36.35 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Jajan Male literacy stands at 42.74 % while female literacy rate was 30.00 %.

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

Jajan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 127 - -
Population 603 301 302
Child (0-6) 105 53 52
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 58 29 29
Literacy 36.35 % 42.74 % 30.00 %
Total Workers 218 146 72
Main Worker 123 - -
Marginal Worker 95 36 59

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 9.62 % of total population in Jajan village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jajan village of Katihar.

Work Profile

In Jajan village out of total population, 218 were engaged in work activities. 56.42 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 43.58 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 218 workers engaged in Main Work, 27 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 91 were Agricultural labourer.