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Jigaran Population - Kendrapara, Orissa

Jigaran is a medium size village located in Pattamundai Block of Kendrapara district, Orissa with total 399 families residing. The Jigaran village has population of 1824 of which 933 are males while 891 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jigaran village population of children with age 0-6 is 193 which makes up 10.58 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jigaran village is 955 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Jigaran as per census is 1053, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Jigaran village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Jigaran village was 87.74 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Jigaran Male literacy stands at 92.13 % while female literacy rate was 83.08 %.

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

Jigaran Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 399 - -
Population 1,824 933 891
Child (0-6) 193 94 99
Schedule Caste 310 156 154
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 87.74 % 92.13 % 83.08 %
Total Workers 963 558 405
Main Worker 397 - -
Marginal Worker 566 188 378

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.00 % of total population in Jigaran village. The village Jigaran currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jigaran village out of total population, 963 were engaged in work activities. 41.23 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 58.77 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 963 workers engaged in Main Work, 257 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 96 were Agricultural labourer.