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Jamtaria Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Jamtaria is a medium size village located in Manbazar - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 364 families residing. The Jamtaria village has population of 1813 of which 914 are males while 899 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jamtaria village population of children with age 0-6 is 198 which makes up 10.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jamtaria village is 984 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jamtaria as per census is 886, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Jamtaria village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jamtaria village was 69.10 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jamtaria Male literacy stands at 81.33 % while female literacy rate was 56.82 %.

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

Jamtaria Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 364 - -
Population 1,813 914 899
Child (0-6) 198 105 93
Schedule Caste 15 9 6
Schedule Tribe 1,160 578 582
Literacy 69.10 % 81.33 % 56.82 %
Total Workers 931 520 411
Main Worker 393 - -
Marginal Worker 538 209 329

Caste Factor

In Jamtaria village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 63.98 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.83 % of total population in Jamtaria village.

Work Profile

In Jamtaria village out of total population, 931 were engaged in work activities. 42.21 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.79 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 931 workers engaged in Main Work, 78 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 184 were Agricultural labourer.