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Jirwa Population - Saharsa, Bihar

Jirwa is a large village located in Patarghat Block of Saharsa district, Bihar with total 576 families residing. The Jirwa village has population of 2972 of which 1542 are males while 1430 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jirwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 682 which makes up 22.95 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jirwa village is 927 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Jirwa as per census is 884, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Jirwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Jirwa village was 47.12 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Jirwa Male literacy stands at 60.68 % while female literacy rate was 32.70 %.

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

Jirwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 576 - -
Population 2,972 1,542 1,430
Child (0-6) 682 362 320
Schedule Caste 783 409 374
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 47.12 % 60.68 % 32.70 %
Total Workers 756 699 57
Main Worker 701 - -
Marginal Worker 55 45 10

Caste Factor

Jirwa village of Saharsa has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 26.35 % of total population in Jirwa village. The village Jirwa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jirwa village out of total population, 756 were engaged in work activities. 92.72 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.28 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 756 workers engaged in Main Work, 262 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 335 were Agricultural labourer.