# Janakpur Village, Mejhia, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Mejhia, Bankura 

# Janakpur

Janakpur is a village in Mejhia sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **455 people in 106 households**, the 53rd largest of 72 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.8%.

- 455people (2011)
- 106households
- 90.1%literacy
- 1,022females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Janakpur

Of every 100 households in Janakpur in 2011, 70 had electricity, 38 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 28 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Janakpur · ■ Mejhia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**47%

Toilet within the home ****38%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**14%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**52%

Use banking services ****54%**

**36%

Television ****51%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****76%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****28%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**27%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Janakpur?

■ Janakpur · ■ Mejhia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.1%**

**66.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1022**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1174**

**937

Working population ****30.3%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.0% for men and 83.3% for women. 57% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 8 (6%) · **■** Other work 67 (49%) · **■** Marginal 63 (46%)

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 Mejhia

- Parulia563 people
- Benathol534 people
- Benabad499 people
- Jujghati494 people
- Kendut448 people
- Mukundapur422 people
- Natshala395 people
- Raydi395 people

[All 75 villages in Mejhia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/mejhia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Janakpur?455 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Janakpur in?Bankura district (Mejhia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Janakpur?90.1% (Census 2011)