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Jharna Population - Nawada, Bihar

Jharna is a medium size village located in Sirdala Block of Nawada district, Bihar with total 152 families residing. The Jharna village has population of 1097 of which 594 are males while 503 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jharna village population of children with age 0-6 is 202 which makes up 18.41 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jharna village is 847 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Jharna as per census is 836, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Jharna village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Jharna village was 67.93 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Jharna Male literacy stands at 80.58 % while female literacy rate was 53.04 %.

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

Jharna Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 152 - -
Population 1,097 594 503
Child (0-6) 202 110 92
Schedule Caste 324 167 157
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.93 % 80.58 % 53.04 %
Total Workers 527 279 248
Main Worker 141 - -
Marginal Worker 386 190 196

Caste Factor

Jharna village of Nawada has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 29.54 % of total population in Jharna village. The village Jharna currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jharna village out of total population, 527 were engaged in work activities. 26.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 73.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 527 workers engaged in Main Work, 24 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 99 were Agricultural labourer.