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Jhirka Population - Dhanbad, Jharkhand

Jhirka is a medium size village located in Nirsa-Cum-Chirkunda Block of Dhanbad district, Jharkhand with total 200 families residing. The Jhirka village has population of 1119 of which 564 are males while 555 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhirka village population of children with age 0-6 is 174 which makes up 15.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhirka village is 984 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhirka as per census is 933, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Jhirka village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhirka village was 70.26 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Jhirka Male literacy stands at 83.76 % while female literacy rate was 56.69 %.

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

Jhirka Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 200 - -
Population 1,119 564 555
Child (0-6) 174 90 84
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 597 301 296
Literacy 70.26 % 83.76 % 56.69 %
Total Workers 467 290 177
Main Worker 66 - -
Marginal Worker 401 233 168

Caste Factor

In Jhirka village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 53.35 % of total population in Jhirka village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jhirka village of Dhanbad.

Work Profile

In Jhirka village out of total population, 467 were engaged in work activities. 14.13 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 85.87 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 467 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.