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Jelas Population - Katihar, Bihar

Jelas is a medium size village located in Dandkhora Block of Katihar district, Bihar with total 221 families residing. The Jelas village has population of 1184 of which 618 are males while 566 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jelas village population of children with age 0-6 is 256 which makes up 21.62 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jelas village is 916 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Jelas as per census is 803, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Jelas village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Jelas village was 64.55 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Jelas Male literacy stands at 75.42 % while female literacy rate was 53.10 %.

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

Jelas Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 221 - -
Population 1,184 618 566
Child (0-6) 256 142 114
Schedule Caste 8 4 4
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 64.55 % 75.42 % 53.10 %
Total Workers 358 324 34
Main Worker 357 - -
Marginal Worker 1 0 1

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.68 % of total population in Jelas village. The village Jelas currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jelas village out of total population, 358 were engaged in work activities. 99.72 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.28 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 358 workers engaged in Main Work, 166 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 165 were Agricultural labourer.