Village · Gangajalghati, Bankura
# Jemua

Jemua is a village in Gangajalghati sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,138 people in 247 households, the 57th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.
- 1,138 people (2011)
- 247 households
- 74.4% literacy
- 894 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jemua

Of every 100 households in Jemua in 2011, 50 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Jemua · ■ Gangajalghati rural average
- Electricity for lighting 50% 40%
- Toilet within the home 19% 14%
- No toilet (open defecation) 80% 86%
- Tap water 84% 7%
- Drinking water within premises 1% 8%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 3% 3%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 72% 67%
- Use banking services 49% 43%
- Television 23% 21%
- Mobile phone 45% 37%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 8% 10%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 1%
- None of these assets 22% 25%
- Own their home 99% 97%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Jemua?

■ Jemua · ■ Gangajalghati rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 74.4% 68.1%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 894 941
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 870 908
- Working population 35.9% 38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.8% for men and 62.9% for women. 53% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 81 (20%) · ■ Farm labourers 9 (2%) · ■ Household industry 7 (2%) · ■ Other work 98 (24%) · ■ Marginal 213 (52%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Gangajalghati
- Beldanga 1,219 people
- Ramkanali 1,173 people
- Selera 1,170 people
- Bhatla Para 1,152 people
- Birra 1,101 people
- Ghanashyampur 1,025 people
- Ekchala 1,012 people
- Hanri Bhanga 984 people

All 165 villages in Gangajalghati

## Other places named Jemua
- Jemua · Village, Faridpur Durgapur, Barddhaman · 5,976 people
- Jemua · Village, Mejhia, Bankura · 3,267 people
- Jemua · Village, Taldangra, Bankura · 146 people
- Jemua · Village, Garbeta - III, Paschim Medinipur · 17 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Jemua? 1,138 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jemua in? Bankura district (Gangajalghati sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jemua? 74.4% (Census 2011)

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