Jota Population - Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand

Jota is a medium size village located in Gobindpur(Rajnagar) Block of Saraikela Kharsawan district, Jharkhand with total 89 families residing. The Jota village has population of 526 of which 274 are males while 252 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jota village population of children with age 0-6 is 87 which makes up 16.54 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jota village is 920 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Jota as per census is 706, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Jota village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Jota village was 58.09 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Jota Male literacy stands at 69.96 % while female literacy rate was 45.83 %.

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

Jota Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	89	-	-
Population	526	274	252
Child (0-6)	87	51	36
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	513	267	246
Literacy	58.09 %	69.96 %	45.83 %
Total Workers	309	153	156
Main Worker	166	-	-
Marginal Worker	143	23	120

Caste Factor

In Jota village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.53 % of total population in Jota village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jota village of Saraikela Kharsawan.

Work Profile

In Jota village out of total population, 309 were engaged in work activities. 53.72 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 46.28 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 309 workers engaged in Main Work, 116 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 42 were Agricultural labourer.