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Hijla Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Hijla is a medium size village located in Dumka Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 132 families residing. The Hijla village has population of 640 of which 296 are males while 344 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Hijla village population of children with age 0-6 is 75 which makes up 11.72 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Hijla village is 1162 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Hijla as per census is 1206, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Hijla village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Hijla village was 78.58 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Hijla Male literacy stands at 90.46 % while female literacy rate was 68.32 %.

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

Hijla Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 132 - -
Population 640 296 344
Child (0-6) 75 34 41
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 633 292 341
Literacy 78.58 % 90.46 % 68.32 %
Total Workers 253 151 102
Main Worker 90 - -
Marginal Worker 163 78 85

Caste Factor

In Hijla village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.91 % of total population in Hijla village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Hijla village of Dumka.

Work Profile

In Hijla village out of total population, 253 were engaged in work activities. 35.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 64.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 253 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 19 were Agricultural labourer.