Dakshin Jharalta Population, Caste, Working Data Jalpaiguri, West Bengal - Census 2011

Dakshin Jharalta is a village situated in Dhupguri block of Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 777 families residing in the village Dakshin Jharalta. The total population of Dakshin Jharalta is 3,444 out of which 1,723 are males and 1,721 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Dakshin Jharalta is 999.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Dakshin Jharalta village is 495 which is 14% of the total population. There are 243 male children and 252 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Dakshin Jharalta is 1,037 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio (999) of Dakshin Jharalta village.

Population
3,444
Families
777
Literacy
72.87%
Sex Ratio
999

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Dakshin Jharalta is 72.9%. Thus Dakshin Jharalta village has higher literacy rate compared to 64.5% of Jalpaiguri district. The male literacy rate is 81.28% and the female literacy rate is 64.4% in Dakshin Jharalta village.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act (Amendment 1998), Dakshin Jharalta village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of the village.

Dakshin Jharalta Data as per Census 2011

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Dakshin Jharalta village.

Total Male Female
Children 495 243 252
Literacy 72.87% 81.28% 64.4%
Scheduled Caste 3,239 1,623 1,616
Scheduled Tribe 27 15 12
Illiterate 1,295 520 775

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 94% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.8% of total population in Dakshin Jharalta village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Dakshin Jharalta village out of total population, 1,244 were engaged in work activities. 80.1% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.9% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1,244 workers engaged in Main Work, 392 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 419 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 996 886 110
Cultivators 392 387 5
Agriculture Labourer 419 354 65
Household Industries 7 5 2
Other Workers 178 140 38
Marginal Workers 248 108 140
Non Working 2,200 729 1,471

Nearby Villages to Dakshin Jharalta,

Below are the list of villages near Dakshin Jharalta village in Dhupguri.

Village Population
Dakshin Kathulia 3,185
Char Charabari 3,154
Kalirhat 4,280
Gadhear Kuti 2,048
Jhar Magurmari 3,239
Bagribari 2,551
Niranjanpat 3,671
Kursamari 2,400
Mallik Sobha 5,318
Bhandani 2,968

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