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Jerur Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Jerur is a medium size village located in Dhaniakhali Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 367 families residing. The Jerur village has population of 1345 of which 677 are males while 668 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jerur village population of children with age 0-6 is 160 which makes up 11.90 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jerur village is 987 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jerur as per census is 720, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Jerur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jerur village was 72.24 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jerur Male literacy stands at 80.48 % while female literacy rate was 64.23 %.

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

Jerur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 367 - -
Population 1,345 677 668
Child (0-6) 160 93 67
Schedule Caste 518 251 267
Schedule Tribe 276 141 135
Literacy 72.24 % 80.48 % 64.23 %
Total Workers 581 394 187
Main Worker 286 - -
Marginal Worker 295 155 140

Caste Factor

In Jerur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 38.51 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 20.52 % of total population in Jerur village.

Work Profile

In Jerur village out of total population, 581 were engaged in work activities. 49.23 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.77 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 581 workers engaged in Main Work, 67 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 102 were Agricultural labourer.