Skip to main content Skip to docs navigation

Jamra Population - Katihar, Bihar

Jamra is a medium size village located in Amdabad Block of Katihar district, Bihar with total 249 families residing. The Jamra village has population of 1574 of which 817 are males while 757 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jamra village population of children with age 0-6 is 384 which makes up 24.40 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jamra village is 927 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Jamra as per census is 892, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Jamra village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Jamra village was 33.87 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Jamra Male literacy stands at 40.39 % while female literacy rate was 26.91 %.

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 249 - -
Population 1,574 817 757
Child (0-6) 384 203 181
Schedule Caste 1 1 0
Schedule Tribe 665 339 326
Literacy 33.87 % 40.39 % 26.91 %
Total Workers 552 369 183
Main Worker 400 - -
Marginal Worker 152 142 10

Caste Factor

In Jamra village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 42.25 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.06 % of total population in Jamra village.

Work Profile

In Jamra village out of total population, 552 were engaged in work activities. 72.46 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.54 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 552 workers engaged in Main Work, 108 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 280 were Agricultural labourer.