# Jot-Sriram, Mejhia, Bankura – Population & Literacy

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Village · Mejhia, Bankura 

# Jot-Sriram

Jot-Sriram is a village in [Mejhia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/mejhia/) sub-district of [Bankura](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **1,833 people in 359 households**, the 17th largest of 72 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.8%.

- 1,833people (2011)
- 359households
- 66.8%literacy
- 954females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jot-Sriram

Of every 100 households in Jot-Sriram in 2011, 35 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jot-Sriram · ■ Mejhia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**47%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**84%

Tap water ****2%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**14%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****37%**

**52%

Use banking services ****18%**

**36%

Television ****22%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**27%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Jot-Sriram?

■ Jot-Sriram · ■ Mejhia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.8%**

**66.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****954**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****919**

**937

Working population ****31.0%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.0% for men and 57.2% for women. 54% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 41 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 14 (2%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 142 (25%) · **■** Marginal 367 (65%)

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

- Ramkrishnapur1,937 people
- Mochrakend1,919 people
- Bharra1,912 people
- Ranipur1,912 people
- Tegharia1,787 people
- Kansara1,687 people
- Banjora1,529 people
- Parbatipur1,338 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jot-Sriram?1,833 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jot-Sriram in?Bankura district (Mejhia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jot-Sriram?66.8% (Census 2011)