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Jarhanda Population - Katihar, Bihar

Jarhanda is a medium size village located in Azamnagar Block of Katihar district, Bihar with total 229 families residing. The Jarhanda village has population of 1148 of which 601 are males while 547 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jarhanda village population of children with age 0-6 is 234 which makes up 20.38 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jarhanda village is 910 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Jarhanda as per census is 1071, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Jarhanda village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Jarhanda village was 42.45 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Jarhanda Male literacy stands at 50.00 % while female literacy rate was 33.80 %.

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

Jarhanda Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 229 - -
Population 1,148 601 547
Child (0-6) 234 113 121
Schedule Caste 140 71 69
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 42.45 % 50.00 % 33.80 %
Total Workers 313 290 23
Main Worker 279 - -
Marginal Worker 34 18 16

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.20 % of total population in Jarhanda village. The village Jarhanda currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jarhanda village out of total population, 313 were engaged in work activities. 89.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 313 workers engaged in Main Work, 41 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 233 were Agricultural labourer.