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Jhikadda Population - Birbhum, West Bengal

Jhikadda is a medium size village located in Mayureswar - I Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal with total 295 families residing. The Jhikadda village has population of 1088 of which 581 are males while 507 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhikadda village population of children with age 0-6 is 119 which makes up 10.94 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhikadda village is 873 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhikadda as per census is 951, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Jhikadda village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhikadda village was 69.14 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jhikadda Male literacy stands at 77.12 % while female literacy rate was 59.91 %.

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

Jhikadda Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 295 - -
Population 1,088 581 507
Child (0-6) 119 61 58
Schedule Caste 884 473 411
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 69.14 % 77.12 % 59.91 %
Total Workers 534 351 183
Main Worker 128 - -
Marginal Worker 406 238 168

Caste Factor

In Jhikadda village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 81.25 % of total population in Jhikadda village. The village Jhikadda currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jhikadda village out of total population, 534 were engaged in work activities. 23.97 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 76.03 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 534 workers engaged in Main Work, 25 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 22 were Agricultural labourer.