# Jamshala Village, Gangajalghati, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangajalghati, Bankura 

# Jamshala

Jamshala is a village in Gangajalghati sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **329 people in 70 households**, the 131st largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 17.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 329people (2011)
- 70households
- 17.7%literacy
- 970females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jamshala

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

■ Jamshala · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**86%

Tap water ****1%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**8%

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

**3%

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

**67%

Use banking services ****0%**

**43%

Television ****1%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****96%**

**25%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Jamshala?

■ Jamshala · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****17.7%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****970**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1158**

**908

Working population ****4.0%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 26.4% for men and 8.6% for women. 4% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Farm labourers 1 (8%) · **■** Household industry 1 (8%) · **■** Other work 3 (23%) · **■** Marginal 8 (62%)

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

- Khajuri398 people
- Ita Dangra397 people
- Charadihi394 people
- Kenthalya367 people
- Asan Chua322 people
- Radhashyampur321 people
- Bhiringi320 people
- Tilasuli314 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jamshala?329 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jamshala in?Bankura district (Gangajalghati sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jamshala?17.7% (Census 2011)