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Jhanjhar Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Jhanjhar is a medium size village located in Ramgarh Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 121 families residing. The Jhanjhar village has population of 620 of which 314 are males while 306 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhanjhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 106 which makes up 17.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhanjhar village is 975 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhanjhar as per census is 828, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Jhanjhar village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhanjhar village was 67.51 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Jhanjhar Male literacy stands at 84.77 % while female literacy rate was 50.39 %.

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

Jhanjhar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 121 - -
Population 620 314 306
Child (0-6) 106 58 48
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 153 78 75
Literacy 67.51 % 84.77 % 50.39 %
Total Workers 330 165 165
Main Worker 11 - -
Marginal Worker 319 158 161

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 24.68 % of total population in Jhanjhar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jhanjhar village of Dumka.

Work Profile

In Jhanjhar village out of total population, 330 were engaged in work activities. 3.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 96.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 330 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.