# Jaynagar Village, Sonamukhi, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura 

# Jaynagar

Jaynagar is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **546 people in 111 households**, the 107th largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 546people (2011)
- 111households
- 75.2%literacy
- 936females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jaynagar

Of every 100 households in Jaynagar in 2011, 31 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jaynagar · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****53%**

**35%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****45%**

**75%

Use banking services ****35%**

**53%

Television ****16%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 Jaynagar?

■ Jaynagar · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.2%**

**66.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****941**

**948

Working population ****54.0%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.7% for men and 65.1% for women. 61% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 70 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 82 (28%) · **■** Other work 33 (11%) · **■** Marginal 110 (37%)

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 Sonamukhi

- Baharpur565 people
- Hikimband558 people
- Basudebpur555 people
- Nabagram549 people
- Gopalpur522 people
- Baghmari515 people
- Khidirpur512 people
- Methra508 people

[All 186 villages in Sonamukhi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/sonamukhi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jaynagar?546 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jaynagar in?Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jaynagar?75.2% (Census 2011)