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Jajan Population - Murshidabad, West Bengal

Jajan is a large village located in Bharatpur - I Block of Murshidabad district, West Bengal with total 1010 families residing. The Jajan village has population of 4318 of which 2221 are males while 2097 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jajan village population of children with age 0-6 is 457 which makes up 10.58 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jajan village is 944 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jajan as per census is 835, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Jajan village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jajan village was 67.18 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jajan Male literacy stands at 72.36 % while female literacy rate was 61.78 %.

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

Jajan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,010 - -
Population 4,318 2,221 2,097
Child (0-6) 457 249 208
Schedule Caste 972 481 491
Schedule Tribe 165 84 81
Literacy 67.18 % 72.36 % 61.78 %
Total Workers 1,459 1,325 134
Main Worker 1,146 - -
Marginal Worker 313 277 36

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 22.51 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 3.82 % of total population in Jajan village.

Work Profile

In Jajan village out of total population, 1459 were engaged in work activities. 78.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1459 workers engaged in Main Work, 265 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 314 were Agricultural labourer.