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Jalkhan Population - Jodhpur, Rajasthan

Jalkhan is a medium size village located in Bilara Tehsil of Jodhpur district, Rajasthan with total 249 families residing. The Jalkhan village has population of 1251 of which 645 are males while 606 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jalkhan village population of children with age 0-6 is 179 which makes up 14.31 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jalkhan village is 940 which is higher than Rajasthan state average of 928. Child Sex Ratio for the Jalkhan as per census is 865, lower than Rajasthan average of 888.

Jalkhan village has lower literacy rate compared to Rajasthan. In 2011, literacy rate of Jalkhan village was 59.51 % compared to 66.11 % of Rajasthan. In Jalkhan Male literacy stands at 78.87 % while female literacy rate was 39.20 %.

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

Jalkhan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 249 - -
Population 1,251 645 606
Child (0-6) 179 96 83
Schedule Caste 372 190 182
Schedule Tribe 8 4 4
Literacy 59.51 % 78.87 % 39.20 %
Total Workers 742 374 368
Main Worker 382 - -
Marginal Worker 360 65 295

Caste Factor

Jalkhan village of Jodhpur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 29.74 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.64 % of total population in Jalkhan village.

Work Profile

In Jalkhan village out of total population, 742 were engaged in work activities. 51.48 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 48.52 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 742 workers engaged in Main Work, 183 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 24 were Agricultural labourer.