Jhikra Population - North Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Jhikra is a medium size village located in Bagda Block of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 285 families residing. The Jhikra village has population of 1142 of which 613 are males while 529 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhikra village population of children with age 0-6 is 105 which makes up 9.19 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhikra village is 863 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhikra as per census is 667, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Jhikra village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhikra village was 72.71 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jhikra Male literacy stands at 77.64 % while female literacy rate was 67.15 %.

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

Jhikra Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	285	-	-
Population	1,142	613	529
Child (0-6)	105	63	42
Schedule Caste	553	292	261
Schedule Tribe	2	2	0
Literacy	72.71 %	77.64 %	67.15 %
Total Workers	495	393	102
Main Worker	481	-	-
Marginal Worker	14	5	9

Caste Factor

In Jhikra village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 48.42 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.18 % of total population in Jhikra village.

Work Profile

In Jhikra village out of total population, 495 were engaged in work activities. 97.17 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.83 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 495 workers engaged in Main Work, 152 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 147 were Agricultural labourer.