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Jherag Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Jherag is a medium size village located in Jubbal Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 105 families residing. The Jherag village has population of 569 of which 298 are males while 271 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jherag village population of children with age 0-6 is 53 which makes up 9.31 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jherag village is 909 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Jherag as per census is 1120, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Jherag village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Jherag village was 81.40 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Jherag Male literacy stands at 89.38 % while female literacy rate was 72.43 %.

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

Jherag Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 105 - -
Population 569 298 271
Child (0-6) 53 25 28
Schedule Caste 236 123 113
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 81.40 % 89.38 % 72.43 %
Total Workers 158 122 36
Main Worker 48 - -
Marginal Worker 110 81 29

Caste Factor

In Jherag village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 41.48 % of total population in Jherag village. The village Jherag currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jherag village out of total population, 158 were engaged in work activities. 30.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 69.62 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 158 workers engaged in Main Work, 7 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.