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Jharayan Population - Nawada, Bihar

Jharayan is a medium size village located in Nawada Block of Nawada district, Bihar with total 215 families residing. The Jharayan village has population of 1454 of which 743 are males while 711 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jharayan village population of children with age 0-6 is 317 which makes up 21.80 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jharayan village is 957 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Jharayan as per census is 876, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Jharayan village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Jharayan village was 50.57 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Jharayan Male literacy stands at 59.93 % while female literacy rate was 41.03 %.

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

Jharayan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 215 - -
Population 1,454 743 711
Child (0-6) 317 169 148
Schedule Caste 381 199 182
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 50.57 % 59.93 % 41.03 %
Total Workers 549 321 228
Main Worker 491 - -
Marginal Worker 58 32 26

Caste Factor

Jharayan village of Nawada has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 26.20 % of total population in Jharayan village. The village Jharayan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jharayan village out of total population, 549 were engaged in work activities. 89.44 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.56 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 549 workers engaged in Main Work, 326 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 155 were Agricultural labourer.