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Jigaon Population - West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh

Jigaon is a medium size village located in Shergaon Circle of West Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh with total 144 families residing. The Jigaon village has population of 579 of which 335 are males while 244 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jigaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 75 which makes up 12.95 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jigaon village is 728 which is lower than Arunachal Pradesh state average of 938. Child Sex Ratio for the Jigaon as per census is 596, lower than Arunachal Pradesh average of 972.

Jigaon village has higher literacy rate compared to Arunachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Jigaon village was 76.79 % compared to 65.38 % of Arunachal Pradesh. In Jigaon Male literacy stands at 80.21 % while female literacy rate was 72.22 %.

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

Jigaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 144 - -
Population 579 335 244
Child (0-6) 75 47 28
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 287 154 133
Literacy 76.79 % 80.21 % 72.22 %
Total Workers 359 201 158
Main Worker 86 - -
Marginal Worker 273 129 144

Caste Factor

In Jigaon village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 49.57 % of total population in Jigaon village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jigaon village of West Kameng.

Work Profile

In Jigaon village out of total population, 359 were engaged in work activities. 23.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 76.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 359 workers engaged in Main Work, 40 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.