# Jhunjka Village, Chhatna, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Chhatna, Bankura 

# Jhunjka

Jhunjka is a village in Chhatna sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,721 people in 329 households**, the 18th largest of 277 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 1,721people (2011)
- 329households
- 63.4%literacy
- 965females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jhunjka

Of every 100 households in Jhunjka in 2011, 14 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jhunjka · ■ Chhatna rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**9%

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

**4%

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

**80%

Use banking services ****64%**

**68%

Television ****9%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Jhunjka?

■ Jhunjka · ■ Chhatna rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.4%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****965**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****954**

**954

Working population ****37.8%**

**39.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.6% for men and 50.7% for women. 55% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 91 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 56 (9%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 90 (14%) · **■** Marginal 409 (63%)

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 Chhatna

- Bahara1,818 people
- Jambede1,777 people
- Pathardiha1,757 people
- Kamarkuli1,734 people
- Palshara1,708 people
- Ghoramuli1,693 people
- Noadihi1,676 people
- Teghori1,663 people

[All 287 villages in Chhatna](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/chhatna/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jhunjka?1,721 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jhunjka in?Bankura district (Chhatna sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jhunjka?63.4% (Census 2011)