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Jhiriya Population - Durg, Chhattisgarh

Jhiriya is a medium size village located in Bemetara Tehsil of Durg district, Chhattisgarh with total 239 families residing. The Jhiriya village has population of 1160 of which 578 are males while 582 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhiriya village population of children with age 0-6 is 161 which makes up 13.88 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhiriya village is 1007 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhiriya as per census is 940, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Jhiriya village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhiriya village was 57.26 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Jhiriya Male literacy stands at 70.10 % while female literacy rate was 44.64 %.

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 239 - -
Population 1,160 578 582
Child (0-6) 161 83 78
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 29 17 12
Literacy 57.26 % 70.10 % 44.64 %
Total Workers 562 289 273
Main Worker 556 - -
Marginal Worker 6 1 5

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 2.50 % of total population in Jhiriya village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jhiriya village of Durg.

Work Profile

In Jhiriya village out of total population, 562 were engaged in work activities. 98.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 562 workers engaged in Main Work, 414 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 105 were Agricultural labourer.