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Jarukhamar Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Jarukhamar is a medium size village located in Raghunathpur - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 93 families residing. The Jarukhamar village has population of 473 of which 253 are males while 220 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jarukhamar village population of children with age 0-6 is 61 which makes up 12.90 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jarukhamar village is 870 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jarukhamar as per census is 743, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Jarukhamar village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jarukhamar village was 83.01 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jarukhamar Male literacy stands at 97.25 % while female literacy rate was 67.01 %.

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

Jarukhamar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 93 - -
Population 473 253 220
Child (0-6) 61 35 26
Schedule Caste 472 252 220
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 83.01 % 97.25 % 67.01 %
Total Workers 160 141 19
Main Worker 100 - -
Marginal Worker 60 49 11

Caste Factor

In Jarukhamar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 99.79 % of total population in Jarukhamar village. The village Jarukhamar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jarukhamar village out of total population, 160 were engaged in work activities. 62.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 160 workers engaged in Main Work, 34 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.