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Jamra Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Jamra is a medium size village located in Jaipur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 274 families residing. The Jamra village has population of 1591 of which 832 are males while 759 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jamra village population of children with age 0-6 is 273 which makes up 17.16 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jamra village is 912 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jamra as per census is 808, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Jamra village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jamra village was 64.95 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jamra Male literacy stands at 77.24 % while female literacy rate was 51.81 %.

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

Jamra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 274 - -
Population 1,591 832 759
Child (0-6) 273 151 122
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 64.95 % 77.24 % 51.81 %
Total Workers 552 392 160
Main Worker 350 - -
Marginal Worker 202 54 148

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Jamra village of Puruliya district.

Work Profile

In Jamra village out of total population, 552 were engaged in work activities. 63.41 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 36.59 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 552 workers engaged in Main Work, 213 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 45 were Agricultural labourer.