Jhikara Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Jhikara is a medium size village located in Shikaripara Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 108 families residing. The Jhikara village has population of 541 of which 262 are males while 279 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhikara village population of children with age 0-6 is 98 which makes up 18.11 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhikara village is 1065 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhikara as per census is 1333, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Jhikara village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhikara village was 50.79 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Jhikara Male literacy stands at 60.91 % while female literacy rate was 40.81 %.

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

Jhikara Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	108	-	-
Population	541	262	279
Child (0-6)	98	42	56
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	420	204	216
Literacy	50.79 %	60.91 %	40.81 %
Total Workers	285	177	108
Main Worker	178	-	-
Marginal Worker	107	23	84

Caste Factor

In Jhikara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 77.63 % of total population in Jhikara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jhikara village of Dumka.

Work Profile

In Jhikara village out of total population, 285 were engaged in work activities. 62.46 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.54 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 285 workers engaged in Main Work, 58 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 109 were Agricultural labourer.