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Jelerhat Population - South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Jelerhat is a large village located in Baruipur Block of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 502 families residing. The Jelerhat village has population of 2435 of which 1227 are males while 1208 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jelerhat village population of children with age 0-6 is 321 which makes up 13.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jelerhat village is 985 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jelerhat as per census is 1084, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Jelerhat village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jelerhat village was 80.70 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jelerhat Male literacy stands at 89.66 % while female literacy rate was 71.47 %.

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

Jelerhat Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 502 - -
Population 2,435 1,227 1,208
Child (0-6) 321 154 167
Schedule Caste 1,544 790 754
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 80.70 % 89.66 % 71.47 %
Total Workers 767 672 95
Main Worker 636 - -
Marginal Worker 131 82 49

Caste Factor

In Jelerhat village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 63.41 % of total population in Jelerhat village. The village Jelerhat currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jelerhat village out of total population, 767 were engaged in work activities. 82.92 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.08 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 767 workers engaged in Main Work, 41 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 254 were Agricultural labourer.