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Jhargaon Population - Baksa, Assam

Jhargaon is a medium size village located in Tamulpur Circle of Baksa district, Assam with total 346 families residing. The Jhargaon village has population of 1774 of which 906 are males while 868 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhargaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 197 which makes up 11.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhargaon village is 958 which is equal than Assam state average of 958. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhargaon as per census is 970, higher than Assam average of 962.

Jhargaon village has higher literacy rate compared to Assam. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhargaon village was 85.73 % compared to 72.19 % of Assam. In Jhargaon Male literacy stands at 92.80 % while female literacy rate was 78.34 %.

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

Jhargaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 346 - -
Population 1,774 906 868
Child (0-6) 197 100 97
Schedule Caste 138 71 67
Schedule Tribe 640 317 323
Literacy 85.73 % 92.80 % 78.34 %
Total Workers 776 512 264
Main Worker 685 - -
Marginal Worker 91 67 24

Caste Factor

In Jhargaon village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 36.08 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 7.78 % of total population in Jhargaon village.

Work Profile

In Jhargaon village out of total population, 776 were engaged in work activities. 88.27 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.73 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 776 workers engaged in Main Work, 407 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 53 were Agricultural labourer.