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Jhilinga Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Jhilinga is a medium size village located in Kharagpur - II Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 300 families residing. The Jhilinga village has population of 1210 of which 613 are males while 597 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhilinga village population of children with age 0-6 is 143 which makes up 11.82 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhilinga village is 974 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhilinga as per census is 907, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Jhilinga village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhilinga village was 69.54 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jhilinga Male literacy stands at 79.00 % while female literacy rate was 59.92 %.

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

Jhilinga Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 300 - -
Population 1,210 613 597
Child (0-6) 143 75 68
Schedule Caste 41 21 20
Schedule Tribe 621 307 314
Literacy 69.54 % 79.00 % 59.92 %
Total Workers 661 407 254
Main Worker 359 - -
Marginal Worker 302 129 173

Caste Factor

In Jhilinga village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 51.32 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 3.39 % of total population in Jhilinga village.

Work Profile

In Jhilinga village out of total population, 661 were engaged in work activities. 54.31 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.69 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 661 workers engaged in Main Work, 130 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 126 were Agricultural labourer.