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Jiara Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Jiara is a medium size village located in Chanditala - I Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 228 families residing. The Jiara village has population of 1150 of which 579 are males while 571 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jiara village population of children with age 0-6 is 125 which makes up 10.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jiara village is 986 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jiara as per census is 1404, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Jiara village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jiara village was 82.05 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jiara Male literacy stands at 86.53 % while female literacy rate was 77.31 %.

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

Jiara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 228 - -
Population 1,150 579 571
Child (0-6) 125 52 73
Schedule Caste 353 171 182
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 82.05 % 86.53 % 77.31 %
Total Workers 499 380 119
Main Worker 418 - -
Marginal Worker 81 6 75

Caste Factor

Jiara village of Hugli has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 30.70 % of total population in Jiara village. The village Jiara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jiara village out of total population, 499 were engaged in work activities. 83.77 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.23 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 499 workers engaged in Main Work, 70 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 148 were Agricultural labourer.