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Jagir Population - Darjiling, West Bengal

Jagir is a medium size village located in Kharibari Block of Darjiling district, West Bengal with total 371 families residing. The Jagir village has population of 1662 of which 863 are males while 799 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jagir village population of children with age 0-6 is 210 which makes up 12.64 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jagir village is 926 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jagir as per census is 944, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Jagir village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jagir village was 60.88 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jagir Male literacy stands at 69.40 % while female literacy rate was 51.65 %.

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

Jagir Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 371 - -
Population 1,662 863 799
Child (0-6) 210 108 102
Schedule Caste 1,007 536 471
Schedule Tribe 534 258 276
Literacy 60.88 % 69.40 % 51.65 %
Total Workers 686 483 203
Main Worker 560 - -
Marginal Worker 126 54 72

Caste Factor

In Jagir village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 60.59 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 32.13 % of total population in Jagir village.

Work Profile

In Jagir village out of total population, 686 were engaged in work activities. 81.63 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.37 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 686 workers engaged in Main Work, 212 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 229 were Agricultural labourer.