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Jarha Population - Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh

Jarha is a medium size village located in Sohagpur Tehsil of Shahdol district, Madhya Pradesh with total 83 families residing. The Jarha village has population of 354 of which 181 are males while 173 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jarha village population of children with age 0-6 is 55 which makes up 15.54 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jarha village is 956 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Jarha as per census is 1037, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Jarha village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Jarha village was 50.84 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Jarha Male literacy stands at 62.34 % while female literacy rate was 38.62 %.

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

Jarha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 83 - -
Population 354 181 173
Child (0-6) 55 27 28
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 276 142 134
Literacy 50.84 % 62.34 % 38.62 %
Total Workers 178 101 77
Main Worker 140 - -
Marginal Worker 38 23 15

Caste Factor

In Jarha village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 77.97 % of total population in Jarha village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jarha village of Shahdol.

Work Profile

In Jarha village out of total population, 178 were engaged in work activities. 78.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 178 workers engaged in Main Work, 90 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 40 were Agricultural labourer.