Jhikadanga Population, Caste, Working Data Maldah, West Bengal - Census 2011

Jhikadanga is a village situated in Harischandrapur - I block of Maldah district in West Bengal. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 171 families residing in the village Jhikadanga. The total population of Jhikadanga is 789 out of which 406 are males and 383 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Jhikadanga is 943.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Jhikadanga village is 99 which is 13% of the total population. There are 47 male children and 52 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Jhikadanga is 1,106 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio (943) of Jhikadanga village.

Population
789
Families
171
Literacy
81.74%
Sex Ratio
943

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Jhikadanga is 81.7%. Thus Jhikadanga village has higher literacy rate compared to 52.3% of Maldah district. The male literacy rate is 86.07% and the female literacy rate is 77.04% in Jhikadanga village.

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

Jhikadanga Data as per Census 2011

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

Total Male Female
Children 99 47 52
Literacy 81.74% 86.07% 77.04%
Scheduled Caste 123 63 60
Scheduled Tribe 0 0 0
Illiterate 225 97 128

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 15.6% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0% of total population in Jhikadanga village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Jhikadanga village out of total population, 224 were engaged in work activities. 97.8% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.2% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 224 workers engaged in Main Work, 52 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 145 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 219 208 11
Cultivators 52 51 1
Agriculture Labourer 145 142 3
Household Industries 1 1 0
Other Workers 21 14 7
Marginal Workers 5 1 4
Non Working 565 197 368

Nearby Villages to Jhikadanga,

Below are the list of villages near Jhikadanga village in Harischandrapur - I.

Village Population
Paro 1,536
Bhagbarol 713
Shaktal 1,523
Salalpur 1,433
Kismatbarol 2,859
Tulsihata 3,939
Angarmani 1,999
Kamarta 4,118
Kahatta 905
Srichandrapur 4,250

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