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Jam Population - Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh

Jam is a medium size village located in Sausar Tehsil of Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh with total 334 families residing. The Jam village has population of 1390 of which 723 are males while 667 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jam village population of children with age 0-6 is 128 which makes up 9.21 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jam village is 923 which is lower than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Jam as per census is 882, lower than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Jam village has higher literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Jam village was 77.58 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Jam Male literacy stands at 82.60 % while female literacy rate was 72.16 %.

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

Jam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 334 - -
Population 1,390 723 667
Child (0-6) 128 68 60
Schedule Caste 288 143 145
Schedule Tribe 96 49 47
Literacy 77.58 % 82.60 % 72.16 %
Total Workers 591 401 190
Main Worker 367 - -
Marginal Worker 224 130 94

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.72 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 6.91 % of total population in Jam village.

Work Profile

In Jam village out of total population, 591 were engaged in work activities. 62.10 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.90 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 591 workers engaged in Main Work, 194 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 118 were Agricultural labourer.