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

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Village · Chhatna, Bankura 

# Jirra

Jirra is a village in Chhatna sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,085 people in 411 households**, the 9th largest of 277 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 2,085people (2011)
- 411households
- 69.6%literacy
- 988females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jirra

Of every 100 households in Jirra in 2011, 35 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Jirra · ■ Chhatna rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****69%**

**80%

Use banking services ****46%**

**68%

Television ****16%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****33%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Jirra?

■ Jirra · ■ Chhatna rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.6%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****988**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1071**

**954

Working population ****32.6%**

**39.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.9% for men and 56.0% for women. 53% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 79 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (0%) · **■** Household industry 11 (2%) · **■** Other work 186 (27%) · **■** Marginal 401 (59%)

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

- Kamalpur2,214 people
- Barbakra2,188 people
- Arra2,127 people
- Bamankuli2,098 people
- Ghoshergan1,909 people
- Aljhara1,860 people
- Lohagar1,836 people
- Pahar Ghata1,830 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jirra?2,085 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jirra in?Bankura district (Chhatna sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jirra?69.6% (Census 2011)