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Jharnakocha Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Jharnakocha is a medium size village located in Barabazar Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 43 families residing. The Jharnakocha village has population of 208 of which 98 are males while 110 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jharnakocha village population of children with age 0-6 is 21 which makes up 10.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jharnakocha village is 1122 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jharnakocha as per census is 2500, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Jharnakocha village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jharnakocha village was 60.96 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jharnakocha Male literacy stands at 80.43 % while female literacy rate was 42.11 %.

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

Jharnakocha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 43 - -
Population 208 98 110
Child (0-6) 21 6 15
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 205 97 108
Literacy 60.96 % 80.43 % 42.11 %
Total Workers 102 65 37
Main Worker 17 - -
Marginal Worker 85 56 29

Caste Factor

In Jharnakocha village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.56 % of total population in Jharnakocha village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jharnakocha village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Jharnakocha village out of total population, 102 were engaged in work activities. 16.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 83.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 102 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.