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Jhargaon Population - Darrang, Assam

Jhargaon is a medium size village located in Dalgaon Circle of Darrang district, Assam with total 269 families residing. The Jhargaon village has population of 1303 of which 674 are males while 629 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhargaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 160 which makes up 12.28 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhargaon village is 933 which is lower than Assam state average of 958. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhargaon as per census is 860, lower than Assam average of 962.

Jhargaon village has lower literacy rate compared to Assam. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhargaon village was 62.73 % compared to 72.19 % of Assam. In Jhargaon Male literacy stands at 71.94 % while female literacy rate was 52.97 %.

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 269 - -
Population 1,303 674 629
Child (0-6) 160 86 74
Schedule Caste 166 86 80
Schedule Tribe 686 350 336
Literacy 62.73 % 71.94 % 52.97 %
Total Workers 505 365 140
Main Worker 377 - -
Marginal Worker 128 47 81

Caste Factor

In Jhargaon village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 52.65 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 12.74 % of total population in Jhargaon village.

Work Profile

In Jhargaon village out of total population, 505 were engaged in work activities. 74.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 25.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 505 workers engaged in Main Work, 127 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 86 were Agricultural labourer.