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Jakua Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Jakua is a medium size village located in Sankrail Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 191 families residing. The Jakua village has population of 853 of which 432 are males while 421 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jakua village population of children with age 0-6 is 72 which makes up 8.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jakua village is 975 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jakua as per census is 1057, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Jakua village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jakua village was 93.85 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jakua Male literacy stands at 97.48 % while female literacy rate was 90.10 %.

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

Jakua Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 191 - -
Population 853 432 421
Child (0-6) 72 35 37
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 93.85 % 97.48 % 90.10 %
Total Workers 303 249 54
Main Worker 165 - -
Marginal Worker 138 118 20

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Jakua village of Paschim Medinipur district.

Work Profile

In Jakua village out of total population, 303 were engaged in work activities. 54.46 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.54 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 303 workers engaged in Main Work, 103 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 35 were Agricultural labourer.