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Jira Population - Yavatmal, Maharashtra

Jira is a medium size village located in Kelapur Taluka of Yavatmal district, Maharashtra with total 257 families residing. The Jira village has population of 980 of which 495 are males while 485 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jira village population of children with age 0-6 is 111 which makes up 11.33 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jira village is 980 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Jira as per census is 947, higher than Maharashtra average of 894.

Jira village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Jira village was 63.75 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Jira Male literacy stands at 72.37 % while female literacy rate was 54.99 %.

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

Jira Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 257 - -
Population 980 495 485
Child (0-6) 111 57 54
Schedule Caste 3 2 1
Schedule Tribe 493 242 251
Literacy 63.75 % 72.37 % 54.99 %
Total Workers 581 296 285
Main Worker 375 - -
Marginal Worker 206 98 108

Caste Factor

In Jira village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 50.31 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.31 % of total population in Jira village.

Work Profile

In Jira village out of total population, 581 were engaged in work activities. 64.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 581 workers engaged in Main Work, 161 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 204 were Agricultural labourer.