Jhargaon Population - Darrang, Assam

Jhargaon is a large village located in Khoirabari Circle of Darrang district, Assam with total 510 families residing. The Jhargaon village has population of 2514 of which 1279 are males while 1235 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhargaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 290 which makes up 11.54 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhargaon village is 966 which is higher than Assam state average of 958. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhargaon as per census is 871, lower than Assam average of 962.

Jhargaon village has lower literacy rate compared to Assam. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhargaon village was 69.74 % compared to 72.19 % of Assam. In Jhargaon Male literacy stands at 78.20 % while female literacy rate was 61.09 %.

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	510	-	-
Population	2,514	1,279	1,235
Child (0-6)	290	155	135
Schedule Caste	167	86	81
Schedule Tribe	1,581	786	795
Literacy	69.74 %	78.20 %	61.09 %
Total Workers	812	724	88
Main Worker	635	-	-
Marginal Worker	177	112	65

Caste Factor

In Jhargaon village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 62.89 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 6.64 % of total population in Jhargaon village.

Work Profile

In Jhargaon village out of total population, 812 were engaged in work activities. 78.20 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.80 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 812 workers engaged in Main Work, 613 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 10 were Agricultural labourer.