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Jorthol Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Jorthol is a medium size village located in Chhatna Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 247 families residing. The Jorthol village has population of 1219 of which 637 are males while 582 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jorthol village population of children with age 0-6 is 135 which makes up 11.07 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jorthol village is 914 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jorthol as per census is 1015, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Jorthol village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jorthol village was 75.37 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jorthol Male literacy stands at 86.67 % while female literacy rate was 62.84 %.

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

Jorthol Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 247 - -
Population 1,219 637 582
Child (0-6) 135 67 68
Schedule Caste 355 184 171
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.37 % 86.67 % 62.84 %
Total Workers 372 319 53
Main Worker 296 - -
Marginal Worker 76 55 21

Caste Factor

Jorthol village of Bankura has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 29.12 % of total population in Jorthol village. The village Jorthol currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jorthol village out of total population, 372 were engaged in work activities. 79.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 372 workers engaged in Main Work, 76 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.