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Jafarpur Population - South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Jafarpur is a medium size village located in Sonarpur Block of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 279 families residing. The Jafarpur village has population of 1129 of which 574 are males while 555 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jafarpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 89 which makes up 7.88 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jafarpur village is 967 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jafarpur as per census is 780, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Jafarpur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jafarpur village was 86.35 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jafarpur Male literacy stands at 93.51 % while female literacy rate was 79.07 %.

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

Jafarpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 279 - -
Population 1,129 574 555
Child (0-6) 89 50 39
Schedule Caste 451 229 222
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 86.35 % 93.51 % 79.07 %
Total Workers 402 330 72
Main Worker 358 - -
Marginal Worker 44 15 29

Caste Factor

In Jafarpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 39.95 % of total population in Jafarpur village. The village Jafarpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jafarpur village out of total population, 402 were engaged in work activities. 89.05 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.95 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 402 workers engaged in Main Work, 19 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.