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Jhiriya Population - Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh

Jhiriya is a medium size village located in Chhuikhadan Tehsil of Rajnandgaon district, Chhattisgarh with total 65 families residing. The Jhiriya village has population of 298 of which 159 are males while 139 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhiriya village population of children with age 0-6 is 36 which makes up 12.08 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhiriya village is 874 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhiriya as per census is 636, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Jhiriya village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhiriya village was 65.65 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Jhiriya Male literacy stands at 77.37 % while female literacy rate was 52.80 %.

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

Jhiriya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 65 - -
Population 298 159 139
Child (0-6) 36 22 14
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 281 150 131
Literacy 65.65 % 77.37 % 52.80 %
Total Workers 172 87 85
Main Worker 151 - -
Marginal Worker 21 11 10

Caste Factor

In Jhiriya village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 94.30 % of total population in Jhiriya village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jhiriya village of Rajnandgaon.

Work Profile

In Jhiriya village out of total population, 172 were engaged in work activities. 87.79 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.21 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 172 workers engaged in Main Work, 102 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 46 were Agricultural labourer.