Jaldha Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Jaldha is a large village located in Ramnagar - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 431 families residing. The Jaldha village has population of 2177 of which 1128 are males while 1049 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jaldha village population of children with age 0-6 is 275 which makes up 12.63 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jaldha village is 930 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jaldha as per census is 937, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Jaldha village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jaldha village was 88.96 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jaldha Male literacy stands at 94.83 % while female literacy rate was 82.64 %.

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

Jaldha Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	431	-	-
Population	2,177	1,128	1,049
Child (0-6)	275	142	133
Schedule Caste	878	454	424
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	88.96 %	94.83 %	82.64 %
Total Workers	766	652	114
Main Worker	447	-	-
Marginal Worker	319	228	91

Caste Factor

In Jaldha village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 40.33 % of total population in Jaldha village. The village Jaldha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jaldha village out of total population, 766 were engaged in work activities. 58.36 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 41.64 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 766 workers engaged in Main Work, 170 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 116 were Agricultural labourer.