Jamkiheju Population - Kalahandi, Orissa

Jamkiheju is a medium size village located in Lanjigarh Block of Kalahandi district, Orissa with total 61 families residing. The Jamkiheju village has population of 282 of which 130 are males while 152 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jamkiheju village population of children with age 0-6 is 49 which makes up 17.38 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jamkiheju village is 1169 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Jamkiheju as per census is 1579, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Jamkiheju village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Jamkiheju village was 40.77 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Jamkiheju Male literacy stands at 56.76 % while female literacy rate was 26.23 %.

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

Jamkiheju Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	61	-	-
Population	282	130	152
Child (0-6)	49	19	30
Schedule Caste	125	59	66
Schedule Tribe	155	71	84
Literacy	40.77 %	56.76 %	26.23 %
Total Workers	173	82	91
Main Worker	42	-	-
Marginal Worker	131	40	91

Caste Factor

In Jamkiheju village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 54.96 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 44.33 % of total population in Jamkiheju village.

Work Profile

In Jamkiheju village out of total population, 173 were engaged in work activities. 24.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 75.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 173 workers engaged in Main Work, 40 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.