# Jalkota Village, Maheshwar, Khargone (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Maheshwar, Khargone 

# Jalkota

Jalkota is a village in Maheshwar sub-district of Khargone district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,230 people in 281 households**, the 57th largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.9%.

- 1,230people (2011)
- 281households
- 61.2%literacy
- 1,040females per 1,000 males

## Jalkota PIN code and other codes

Jalkota falls in Maheshwar sub-district, Khargone district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockMaheshwar
- Census village code476922

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Jalkota?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Jalkota; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Maheshwar
- ○Degree college10+ km · Mandleshwar
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Dhamnod
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water and hand pumps
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 6 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Jalkota known for?

About 53% of the 418 hectares of village land is sown, and 89 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Jalkota

Of every 100 households in Jalkota in 2011, 92 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Jalkota · ■ Maheshwar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****92%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**81%

Tap water ****86%**

**48%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**30%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**87%

Use banking services ****23%**

**28%

Television ****37%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****40%**

**46%

Own their home ****94%**

**92%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Jalkota?

■ Jalkota · ■ Maheshwar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.2%**

**64.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1040**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1338**

**933

Working population ****50.1%**

**52.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.6% for men and 49.8% for women. 56% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 180 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 181 (29%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 21 (3%) · **■** Marginal 233 (38%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Maheshwar

- Bakaner1,275 people
- Kogawan1,271 people
- Gogawan1,268 people
- Sejgoan1,234 people
- Krodiya Khurd1,189 people
- Karodiya1,182 people
- Ghatya Baidi1,175 people
- Mardanya1,173 people

[All 207 villages in Maheshwar](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/khargone/maheshwar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jalkota?1,230 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jalkota in?Khargone district (Maheshwar sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Jalkota?61.2% (Census 2011)