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Jamra Population - Katihar, Bihar

Jamra is a medium size village located in Barsoi Block of Katihar district, Bihar with total 366 families residing. The Jamra village has population of 1745 of which 887 are males while 858 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jamra village population of children with age 0-6 is 339 which makes up 19.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jamra village is 967 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Jamra as per census is 1093, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Jamra village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Jamra village was 45.38 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Jamra Male literacy stands at 53.10 % while female literacy rate was 37.15 %.

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

Jamra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 366 - -
Population 1,745 887 858
Child (0-6) 339 162 177
Schedule Caste 66 33 33
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 45.38 % 53.10 % 37.15 %
Total Workers 536 469 67
Main Worker 246 - -
Marginal Worker 290 238 52

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.78 % of total population in Jamra village. The village Jamra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jamra village out of total population, 536 were engaged in work activities. 45.90 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.10 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 536 workers engaged in Main Work, 61 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 98 were Agricultural labourer.