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Lejam Population - Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand

Lejam is a medium size village located in Berinag Tehsil of Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand with total 72 families residing. The Lejam village has population of 293 of which 141 are males while 152 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lejam village population of children with age 0-6 is 31 which makes up 10.58 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lejam village is 1078 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Lejam as per census is 722, lower than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Lejam village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Lejam village was 69.08 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Lejam Male literacy stands at 83.74 % while female literacy rate was 56.12 %.

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

Lejam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 72 - -
Population 293 141 152
Child (0-6) 31 18 13
Schedule Caste 191 96 95
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 69.08 % 83.74 % 56.12 %
Total Workers 150 64 86
Main Worker 127 - -
Marginal Worker 23 14 9

Caste Factor

In Lejam village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 65.19 % of total population in Lejam village. The village Lejam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Lejam village out of total population, 150 were engaged in work activities. 84.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 150 workers engaged in Main Work, 112 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.