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

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Village · Mejhia, Bankura 

# Jangpur

Jangpur is a village in Mejhia sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,252 people in 248 households**, the 24th largest of 72 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.8%.

- 1,252people (2011)
- 248households
- 74.2%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jangpur

Of every 100 households in Jangpur in 2011, 64 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jangpur · ■ Mejhia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**47%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**84%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**14%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****41%**

**52%

Use banking services ****63%**

**36%

Television ****40%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****2%**

**27%

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 Jangpur?

■ Jangpur · ■ Mejhia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.2%**

**66.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1056**

**937

Working population ****33.9%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.7% for men and 59.7% for women. 59% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 180 (42%) · **■** Farm labourers 71 (17%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 58 (14%) · **■** Marginal 111 (26%)

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

- Banjora1,529 people
- Parbatipur1,338 people
- Pairasol1,277 people
- Jugibag1,264 people
- Ghusra1,247 people
- Chuaberia1,224 people
- Arddhagram1,189 people
- Ikra1,129 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jangpur?1,252 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jangpur in?Bankura district (Mejhia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jangpur?74.2% (Census 2011)