# Jhiknara Village, Indus, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Indus, Bankura 

# Jhiknara

Jhiknara is a village in Indus sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,128 people in 263 households**, the 56th largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 1,128people (2011)
- 263households
- 86.2%literacy
- 969females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jhiknara

Of every 100 households in Jhiknara in 2011, 64 had electricity, 52 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Jhiknara · ■ Indus rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****52%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****48%**

**66%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****39%**

**80%

Use banking services ****61%**

**39%

Television ****36%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Jhiknara?

■ Jhiknara · ■ Indus rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.2%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****969**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****891**

**964

Working population ****36.7%**

**40.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.5% for men and 80.7% for women. 65% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 83 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 131 (32%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 178 (43%) · **■** Marginal 19 (5%)

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 Indus

- Kumna1,197 people
- Srikara1,166 people
- Jot Behar1,161 people
- Shankhrul1,148 people
- Kalagram1,110 people
- Rasulpur1,110 people
- Baikuntha Pur1,042 people
- Kishorkona1,029 people

[All 131 villages in Indus](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/indus/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jhiknara?1,128 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jhiknara in?Bankura district (Indus sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jhiknara?86.2% (Census 2011)