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Jamku Population - Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand

Jamku is a medium size village located in Dharchula Tehsil of Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand with total 146 families residing. The Jamku village has population of 708 of which 342 are males while 366 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jamku village population of children with age 0-6 is 133 which makes up 18.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jamku village is 1070 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Jamku as per census is 1046, higher than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Jamku village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Jamku village was 80.00 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Jamku Male literacy stands at 91.70 % while female literacy rate was 69.13 %.

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

Jamku Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 146 - -
Population 708 342 366
Child (0-6) 133 65 68
Schedule Caste 261 122 139
Schedule Tribe 20 10 10
Literacy 80.00 % 91.70 % 69.13 %
Total Workers 361 171 190
Main Worker 70 - -
Marginal Worker 291 145 146

Caste Factor

In Jamku village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 36.86 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.82 % of total population in Jamku village.

Work Profile

In Jamku village out of total population, 361 were engaged in work activities. 19.39 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 80.61 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 361 workers engaged in Main Work, 39 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.