Village · Mejhia, Bankura
# Jorsa

Jorsa is a village in Mejhia sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 852 people in 159 households, the 36th largest of 72 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.8%.
- 852 people (2011)
- 159 households
- 80.0% literacy
- 877 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jorsa

Of every 100 households in Jorsa in 2011, 52 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Jorsa · ■ Mejhia rural average
- Electricity for lighting 52% 47%
- Toilet within the home 18% 16%
- No toilet (open defecation) 82% 84%
- Tap water 1% 9%
- Drinking water within premises 20% 14%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 3% 4%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 15% 52%
- Use banking services 33% 36%
- Television 27% 25%
- Mobile phone 43% 36%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 14% 10%
- Car / jeep / van 2% 1%
- None of these assets 30% 27%
- 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 Jorsa?

■ Jorsa · ■ Mejhia rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 80.0% 66.8%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 877 934
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 717 937
- Working population 35.1% 35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.4% for men and 67.3% for women. 53% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 60 (20%) · ■ Farm labourers 55 (18%) · ■ Other work 69 (23%) · ■ Marginal 115 (38%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Mejhia
- Telenda 980 people
- Kanshai 965 people
- Dighalgram 915 people
- Kalidaspur 870 people
- Sitarampur 769 people
- Gopalpur 724 people
- Jamkuri 719 people
- Anandapur 714 people

All 75 villages in Mejhia

## Other places named Jorsa
- Jorsa · Village, Patamda, Purbi Singhbhum · 1,636 people
- Jorsa · Village, Jamboni, Paschim Medinipur · 36 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Jorsa? 852 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jorsa in? Bankura district (Mejhia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jorsa? 80.0% (Census 2011)

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