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Jerigaon Population - West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh

Jerigaon is a medium size village located in Nafra Circle of West Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh with total 115 families residing. The Jerigaon village has population of 534 of which 281 are males while 253 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jerigaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 98 which makes up 18.35 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jerigaon village is 900 which is lower than Arunachal Pradesh state average of 938. Child Sex Ratio for the Jerigaon as per census is 1000, higher than Arunachal Pradesh average of 972.

Jerigaon village has lower literacy rate compared to Arunachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Jerigaon village was 49.54 % compared to 65.38 % of Arunachal Pradesh. In Jerigaon Male literacy stands at 54.31 % while female literacy rate was 44.12 %.

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

Jerigaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 115 - -
Population 534 281 253
Child (0-6) 98 49 49
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 491 257 234
Literacy 49.54 % 54.31 % 44.12 %
Total Workers 267 145 122
Main Worker 266 - -
Marginal Worker 1 0 1

Caste Factor

In Jerigaon village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 91.95 % of total population in Jerigaon village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jerigaon village of West Kameng.

Work Profile

In Jerigaon village out of total population, 267 were engaged in work activities. 99.63 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.37 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 267 workers engaged in Main Work, 231 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 17 were Agricultural labourer.