# Jhamka Village, Khurja, Bulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Khurja, Bulandshahr 

# Jhamka

Jhamka is a village in Khurja sub-district of Bulandshahr district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,584 people in 437 households**, the 43rd largest of 186 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.0%.

- 2,584people (2011)
- 437households
- 62.8%literacy
- 924females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jhamka

Of every 100 households in Jhamka in 2011, 45 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 77 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Jhamka · ■ Khurja rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**29%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**70%

Tap water ****1%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****78%**

**69%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**91%

Use banking services ****55%**

**61%

Television ****46%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****77%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**22%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

None of these assets ****6%**

**15%

Own their home ****91%**

**97%

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 Jhamka?

■ Jhamka · ■ Khurja rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.8%**

**70.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****924**

**886

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1054**

**851

Working population ****33.5%**

**34.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.2% for men and 49.0% for women. 49% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 193 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 119 (14%) · **■** Household industry 15 (2%) · **■** Other work 270 (31%) · **■** Marginal 269 (31%)

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 Khurja

- Surjawali2,692 people
- Pilkhanari Urf Sabitgarh2,679 people
- Sanda Faridpur2,641 people
- Mohammadpur Nar2,640 people
- Badha2,561 people
- Bhunna Jatan2,558 people
- Sarawa Dadupur2,541 people
- Danwar2,531 people

[All 191 villages in Khurja](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/bulandshahr/khurja/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jhamka?2,584 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jhamka in?Bulandshahr district (Khurja sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Jhamka?62.8% (Census 2011)