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Jakri Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Jakri is a medium size village located in Khanakul - I Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 336 families residing. The Jakri village has population of 1459 of which 724 are males while 735 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jakri village population of children with age 0-6 is 183 which makes up 12.54 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jakri village is 1015 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jakri as per census is 1056, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Jakri village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jakri village was 61.29 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jakri Male literacy stands at 74.02 % while female literacy rate was 48.67 %.

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

Jakri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 336 - -
Population 1,459 724 735
Child (0-6) 183 89 94
Schedule Caste 1,334 664 670
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 61.29 % 74.02 % 48.67 %
Total Workers 688 441 247
Main Worker 409 - -
Marginal Worker 279 64 215

Caste Factor

In Jakri village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 91.43 % of total population in Jakri village. The village Jakri currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jakri village out of total population, 688 were engaged in work activities. 59.45 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.55 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 688 workers engaged in Main Work, 17 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 355 were Agricultural labourer.