Jerat Population - Jaisalmer, Rajasthan

Jerat is a medium size village located in Jaisalmer Tehsil of Jaisalmer district, Rajasthan with total 104 families residing. The Jerat village has population of 522 of which 276 are males while 246 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jerat village population of children with age 0-6 is 121 which makes up 23.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jerat village is 891 which is lower than Rajasthan state average of 928. Child Sex Ratio for the Jerat as per census is 1123, higher than Rajasthan average of 888.

Jerat village has lower literacy rate compared to Rajasthan. In 2011, literacy rate of Jerat village was 45.64 % compared to 66.11 % of Rajasthan. In Jerat Male literacy stands at 64.38 % while female literacy rate was 23.08 %.

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

Jerat Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	104	-	-
Population	522	276	246
Child (0-6)	121	57	64
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	200	98	102
Literacy	45.64 %	64.38 %	23.08 %
Total Workers	255	138	117
Main Worker	248	-	-
Marginal Worker	7	4	3

Caste Factor

In Jerat village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 38.31 % of total population in Jerat village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jerat village of Jaisalmer.

Work Profile

In Jerat village out of total population, 255 were engaged in work activities. 97.25 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.75 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 255 workers engaged in Main Work, 8 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.