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Jamtara Population - Balangir, Orissa

Jamtara is a medium size village located in Sindhekela Block of Balangir district, Orissa with total 292 families residing. The Jamtara village has population of 1237 of which 632 are males while 605 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jamtara village population of children with age 0-6 is 182 which makes up 14.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jamtara village is 957 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Jamtara as per census is 802, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Jamtara village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Jamtara village was 39.43 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Jamtara Male literacy stands at 55.56 % while female literacy rate was 23.09 %.

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

Jamtara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 292 - -
Population 1,237 632 605
Child (0-6) 182 101 81
Schedule Caste 124 59 65
Schedule Tribe 107 56 51
Literacy 39.43 % 55.56 % 23.09 %
Total Workers 672 398 274
Main Worker 550 - -
Marginal Worker 122 46 76

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.02 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 8.65 % of total population in Jamtara village.

Work Profile

In Jamtara village out of total population, 672 were engaged in work activities. 81.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 672 workers engaged in Main Work, 441 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 78 were Agricultural labourer.