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Jhurkande Population - Chamoli, Uttarakhand

Jhurkande is a medium size village located in Karnaprayag Tehsil of Chamoli district, Uttarakhand with total 47 families residing. The Jhurkande village has population of 202 of which 92 are males while 110 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhurkande village population of children with age 0-6 is 17 which makes up 8.42 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhurkande village is 1196 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhurkande as per census is 889, lower than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Jhurkande village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhurkande village was 83.24 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Jhurkande Male literacy stands at 96.39 % while female literacy rate was 72.55 %.

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

Jhurkande Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 47 - -
Population 202 92 110
Child (0-6) 17 9 8
Schedule Caste 58 28 30
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 83.24 % 96.39 % 72.55 %
Total Workers 92 41 51
Main Worker 51 - -
Marginal Worker 41 13 28

Caste Factor

Jhurkande village of Chamoli has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 28.71 % of total population in Jhurkande village. The village Jhurkande currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jhurkande village out of total population, 92 were engaged in work activities. 55.43 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 44.57 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 92 workers engaged in Main Work, 37 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.