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Jhariya Population - Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand

Jhariya is a medium size village located in Baharagora Block of Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand with total 213 families residing. The Jhariya village has population of 1018 of which 506 are males while 512 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhariya village population of children with age 0-6 is 140 which makes up 13.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhariya village is 1012 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhariya as per census is 1154, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Jhariya village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhariya village was 61.50 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Jhariya Male literacy stands at 78.68 % while female literacy rate was 44.16 %.

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

Jhariya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 213 - -
Population 1,018 506 512
Child (0-6) 140 65 75
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 839 407 432
Literacy 61.50 % 78.68 % 44.16 %
Total Workers 474 270 204
Main Worker 324 - -
Marginal Worker 150 48 102

Caste Factor

In Jhariya village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 82.42 % of total population in Jhariya village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jhariya village of Purbi Singhbhum.

Work Profile

In Jhariya village out of total population, 474 were engaged in work activities. 68.35 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.65 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 474 workers engaged in Main Work, 120 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 131 were Agricultural labourer.