# Jamsala Village, Patrasayer, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Patrasayer, Bankura 

# Jamsala

Jamsala is a village in Patrasayer sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **256 people in 59 households**, the 138th largest of 151 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.9%.

- 256people (2011)
- 59households
- 52.6%literacy
- 896females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jamsala

Of every 100 households in Jamsala in 2011, 17 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Jamsala · ■ Patrasayer rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**78%

Tap water ****2%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**22%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**81%

Use banking services ****83%**

**44%

Television ****17%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**19%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Jamsala?

■ Jamsala · ■ Patrasayer rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.6%**

**64.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****896**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****846**

**946

Working population ****61.3%**

**43.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.9% for men and 40.0% for women. 64% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 17 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 139 (89%) · **■** Marginal 1 (1%)

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 Patrasayer

- Thakurhati302 people
- Gosai Gram286 people
- Parashia281 people
- Brika Bhanupur266 people
- Shankar Pur248 people
- Dhamsa246 people
- Dihila Pur239 people
- Hajra Bandh235 people

[All 160 villages in Patrasayer](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/patrasayer/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jamsala?256 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jamsala in?Bankura district (Patrasayer sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jamsala?52.6% (Census 2011)