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Jer Population - Latehar, Jharkhand

Jer is a medium size village located in Latehar Block of Latehar district, Jharkhand with total 84 families residing. The Jer village has population of 502 of which 267 are males while 235 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jer village population of children with age 0-6 is 65 which makes up 12.95 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jer village is 880 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Jer as per census is 548, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Jer village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Jer village was 58.35 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Jer Male literacy stands at 72.89 % while female literacy rate was 42.92 %.

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

Jer Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 84 - -
Population 502 267 235
Child (0-6) 65 42 23
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 502 267 235
Literacy 58.35 % 72.89 % 42.92 %
Total Workers 159 106 53
Main Worker 146 - -
Marginal Worker 13 3 10

Caste Factor

In Jer village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Jer village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jer village of Latehar.

Work Profile

In Jer village out of total population, 159 were engaged in work activities. 91.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 159 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 116 were Agricultural labourer.