Jitpur Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Jitpur is a medium size village located in Pipra Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 90 families residing. The Jitpur village has population of 561 of which 289 are males while 272 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jitpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 81 which makes up 14.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jitpur village is 941 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Jitpur as per census is 1531, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Jitpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Jitpur village was 55.00 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Jitpur Male literacy stands at 68.09 % while female literacy rate was 39.91 %.

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

Jitpur Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	90	-	-
Population	561	289	272
Child (0-6)	81	32	49
Schedule Caste	269	133	136
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	55.00 %	68.09 %	39.91 %
Total Workers	240	144	96
Main Worker	138	-	-
Marginal Worker	102	17	85

Caste Factor

In Jitpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 47.95 % of total population in Jitpur village. The village Jitpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jitpur village out of total population, 240 were engaged in work activities. 57.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 240 workers engaged in Main Work, 67 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 35 were Agricultural labourer.