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Jhalka Population - Birbhum, West Bengal

Jhalka is a medium size village located in Mayureswar - II Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal with total 377 families residing. The Jhalka village has population of 1659 of which 820 are males while 839 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhalka village population of children with age 0-6 is 192 which makes up 11.57 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhalka village is 1023 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhalka as per census is 1341, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Jhalka village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhalka village was 72.73 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jhalka Male literacy stands at 81.03 % while female literacy rate was 64.33 %.

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

Jhalka Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 377 - -
Population 1,659 820 839
Child (0-6) 192 82 110
Schedule Caste 842 413 429
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.73 % 81.03 % 64.33 %
Total Workers 1,086 631 455
Main Worker 587 - -
Marginal Worker 499 139 360

Caste Factor

In Jhalka village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 50.75 % of total population in Jhalka village. The village Jhalka currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jhalka village out of total population, 1086 were engaged in work activities. 54.05 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.95 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1086 workers engaged in Main Work, 212 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 217 were Agricultural labourer.