Ashokjhar Population - Jajapur, Orissa

Ashokjhar is a medium size village located in Korai Block of Jajapur district, Orissa with total 156 families residing. The Ashokjhar village has population of 719 of which 361 are males while 358 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ashokjhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 112 which makes up 15.58 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ashokjhar village is 992 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Ashokjhar as per census is 1036, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Ashokjhar village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Ashokjhar village was 43.82 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Ashokjhar Male literacy stands at 53.27 % while female literacy rate was 34.22 %.

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

Ashokjhar Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	156	-	-
Population	719	361	358
Child (0-6)	112	55	57
Schedule Caste	227	114	113
Schedule Tribe	410	206	204
Literacy	43.82 %	53.27 %	34.22 %
Total Workers	242	210	32
Main Worker	234	-	-
Marginal Worker	8	6	2

Caste Factor

In Ashokjhar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 57.02 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 31.57 % of total population in Ashokjhar village.

Work Profile

In Ashokjhar village out of total population, 242 were engaged in work activities. 96.69 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.31 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 242 workers engaged in Main Work, 53 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 138 were Agricultural labourer.