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Jaratanr Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Jaratanr is a medium size village located in Arsha Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 184 families residing. The Jaratanr village has population of 1062 of which 534 are males while 528 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jaratanr village population of children with age 0-6 is 179 which makes up 16.85 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jaratanr village is 989 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jaratanr as per census is 884, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Jaratanr village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jaratanr village was 42.81 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jaratanr Male literacy stands at 57.18 % while female literacy rate was 28.60 %.

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

Jaratanr Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 184 - -
Population 1,062 534 528
Child (0-6) 179 95 84
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 148 78 70
Literacy 42.81 % 57.18 % 28.60 %
Total Workers 509 283 226
Main Worker 283 - -
Marginal Worker 226 34 192

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 13.94 % of total population in Jaratanr village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jaratanr village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Jaratanr village out of total population, 509 were engaged in work activities. 55.60 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 44.40 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 509 workers engaged in Main Work, 193 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 22 were Agricultural labourer.