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

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Village · Mejhia, Bankura 

# Jemua

Jemua is a village in Mejhia sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,267 people in 618 households**, the 5th largest of 72 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.8%.

- 3,267people (2011)
- 618households
- 64.3%literacy
- 961females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jemua

Of every 100 households in Jemua in 2011, 46 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 25 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 22 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Jemua · ■ Mejhia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**47%

Toilet within the home ****34%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****66%**

**84%

Tap water ****2%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**14%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****25%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****64%**

**52%

Use banking services ****44%**

**36%

Television ****40%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****22%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**27%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Jemua?

■ Jemua · ■ Mejhia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.3%**

**66.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****961**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****814**

**937

Working population ****33.0%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.8% for men and 54.6% for women. 52% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 126 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 202 (19%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 526 (49%) · **■** Marginal 217 (20%)

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

- Mejhia5,308 people
- Tarapur4,611 people
- Shyamapur3,362 people
- Kustor3,278 people
- Japamali3,132 people
- Gopalganja3,123 people
- Kshiraitor3,122 people
- Ramchandrapur2,680 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jemua?3,267 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jemua in?Bankura district (Mejhia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jemua?64.3% (Census 2011)