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Jakhel Population - Banaskantha, Gujarat

Jakhel is a medium size village located in Kankrej Taluka of Banaskantha district, Gujarat with total 347 families residing. The Jakhel village has population of 1981 of which 1032 are males while 949 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jakhel village population of children with age 0-6 is 294 which makes up 14.84 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jakhel village is 920 which is higher than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Jakhel as per census is 960, higher than Gujarat average of 890.

Jakhel village has lower literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Jakhel village was 59.22 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Jakhel Male literacy stands at 72.00 % while female literacy rate was 45.22 %.

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

Jakhel Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 347 - -
Population 1,981 1,032 949
Child (0-6) 294 150 144
Schedule Caste 329 167 162
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 59.22 % 72.00 % 45.22 %
Total Workers 583 531 52
Main Worker 374 - -
Marginal Worker 209 183 26

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.61 % of total population in Jakhel village. The village Jakhel currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jakhel village out of total population, 583 were engaged in work activities. 64.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 583 workers engaged in Main Work, 233 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 71 were Agricultural labourer.