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Jhajha Population - Banka, Bihar

Jhajha is a medium size village located in Chanan Block of Banka district, Bihar with total 127 families residing. The Jhajha village has population of 774 of which 429 are males while 345 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhajha village population of children with age 0-6 is 142 which makes up 18.35 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhajha village is 804 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhajha as per census is 844, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Jhajha village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhajha village was 59.65 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Jhajha Male literacy stands at 78.13 % while female literacy rate was 36.43 %.

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

Jhajha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 127 - -
Population 774 429 345
Child (0-6) 142 77 65
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 48 25 23
Literacy 59.65 % 78.13 % 36.43 %
Total Workers 390 204 186
Main Worker 245 - -
Marginal Worker 145 57 88

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 6.20 % of total population in Jhajha village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jhajha village of Banka.

Work Profile

In Jhajha village out of total population, 390 were engaged in work activities. 62.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 390 workers engaged in Main Work, 191 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 33 were Agricultural labourer.