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Jhounta Population - Shajapur, Madhya Pradesh

Jhounta is a medium size village located in Badod Tehsil of Shajapur district, Madhya Pradesh with total 207 families residing. The Jhounta village has population of 1054 of which 548 are males while 506 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhounta village population of children with age 0-6 is 137 which makes up 13.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhounta village is 923 which is lower than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhounta as per census is 827, lower than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Jhounta village has higher literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhounta village was 69.36 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Jhounta Male literacy stands at 84.99 % while female literacy rate was 52.70 %.

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

Jhounta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 207 - -
Population 1,054 548 506
Child (0-6) 137 75 62
Schedule Caste 158 83 75
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 69.36 % 84.99 % 52.70 %
Total Workers 450 313 137
Main Worker 254 - -
Marginal Worker 196 81 115

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 14.99 % of total population in Jhounta village. The village Jhounta currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jhounta village out of total population, 450 were engaged in work activities. 56.44 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 43.56 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 450 workers engaged in Main Work, 199 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 17 were Agricultural labourer.