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Jalara Population - Gajapati, Orissa

Jalara is a medium size village located in R.Udaygiri Block of Gajapati district, Orissa with total 98 families residing. The Jalara village has population of 542 of which 279 are males while 263 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jalara village population of children with age 0-6 is 86 which makes up 15.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jalara village is 943 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Jalara as per census is 1205, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Jalara village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Jalara village was 66.45 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Jalara Male literacy stands at 75.83 % while female literacy rate was 56.02 %.

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

Jalara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 98 - -
Population 542 279 263
Child (0-6) 86 39 47
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 121 65 56
Literacy 66.45 % 75.83 % 56.02 %
Total Workers 220 136 84
Main Worker 32 - -
Marginal Worker 188 118 70

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 22.32 % of total population in Jalara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jalara village of Gajapati.

Work Profile

In Jalara village out of total population, 220 were engaged in work activities. 14.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 85.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 220 workers engaged in Main Work, 19 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.