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Jikthan Population - Aurangabad, Maharashtra

Jikthan is a medium size village located in Gangapur Taluka of Aurangabad district, Maharashtra with total 404 families residing. The Jikthan village has population of 1893 of which 951 are males while 942 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jikthan village population of children with age 0-6 is 289 which makes up 15.27 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jikthan village is 991 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Jikthan as per census is 877, lower than Maharashtra average of 894.

Jikthan village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Jikthan village was 73.69 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Jikthan Male literacy stands at 84.57 % while female literacy rate was 62.95 %.

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

Jikthan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 404 - -
Population 1,893 951 942
Child (0-6) 289 154 135
Schedule Caste 476 245 231
Schedule Tribe 5 2 3
Literacy 73.69 % 84.57 % 62.95 %
Total Workers 1,000 548 452
Main Worker 976 - -
Marginal Worker 24 11 13

Caste Factor

Jikthan village of Aurangabad has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 25.15 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.26 % of total population in Jikthan village.

Work Profile

In Jikthan village out of total population, 1000 were engaged in work activities. 97.60 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.40 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1000 workers engaged in Main Work, 427 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 229 were Agricultural labourer.