Jhar Kot Population - Bageshwar, Uttarakhand

Jhar Kot is a medium size village located in Bageshwar Tehsil of Bageshwar district, Uttarakhand with total 116 families residing. The Jhar Kot village has population of 621 of which 368 are males while 253 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhar Kot village population of children with age 0-6 is 80 which makes up 12.88 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhar Kot village is 688 which is lower than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhar Kot as per census is 818, lower than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Jhar Kot village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhar Kot village was 73.01 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Jhar Kot Male literacy stands at 81.48 % while female literacy rate was 60.37 %.

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

Jhar Kot Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	116	-	-
Population	621	368	253
Child (0-6)	80	44	36
Schedule Caste	325	168	157
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	73.01 %	81.48 %	60.37 %
Total Workers	374	222	152
Main Worker	230	-	-
Marginal Worker	144	125	19

Caste Factor

In Jhar Kot village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 52.33 % of total population in Jhar Kot village. The village Jhar Kot currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jhar Kot village out of total population, 374 were engaged in work activities. 61.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 374 workers engaged in Main Work, 137 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.