# Jam Bedya Village, Gangajalghati, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangajalghati, Bankura 

# Jam Bedya

Jam Bedya is a village in Gangajalghati sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,315 people in 249 households**, the 45th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 1,315people (2011)
- 249households
- 66.6%literacy
- 1,017females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jam Bedya

Of every 100 households in Jam Bedya in 2011, 24 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jam Bedya · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

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

**8%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****73%**

**67%

Use banking services ****14%**

**43%

Television ****7%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Jam Bedya?

■ Jam Bedya · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.6%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1017**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1205**

**908

Working population ****36.3%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.1% for men and 52.9% for women. 60% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 163 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 108 (23%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 78 (16%) · **■** Marginal 128 (27%)

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 Gangajalghati

- Dumuria1,575 people
- Phuljam1,567 people
- Dethol1,359 people
- Palajuria1,323 people
- Tentulia Danga1,260 people
- Kenduadihi1,259 people
- Lalpur Bara1,247 people
- Srichandrapur1,243 people

[All 165 villages in Gangajalghati](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/gangajalghati/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jam Bedya?1,315 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jam Bedya in?Bankura district (Gangajalghati sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jam Bedya?66.6% (Census 2011)