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Jharagerya Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Jharagerya is a medium size village located in Jhargram Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 72 families residing. The Jharagerya village has population of 308 of which 143 are males while 165 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jharagerya village population of children with age 0-6 is 44 which makes up 14.29 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jharagerya village is 1154 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jharagerya as per census is 913, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Jharagerya village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jharagerya village was 58.71 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jharagerya Male literacy stands at 72.50 % while female literacy rate was 47.22 %.

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

Jharagerya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 72 - -
Population 308 143 165
Child (0-6) 44 23 21
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 283 132 151
Literacy 58.71 % 72.50 % 47.22 %
Total Workers 181 85 96
Main Worker 9 - -
Marginal Worker 172 77 95

Caste Factor

In Jharagerya village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 91.88 % of total population in Jharagerya village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jharagerya village of Paschim Medinipur.

Work Profile

In Jharagerya village out of total population, 181 were engaged in work activities. 4.97 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 95.03 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 181 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.