# Junshara Village, Sonamukhi, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura 

# Junshara

Junshara is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,097 people in 264 households**, the 53rd largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 1,097people (2011)
- 264households
- 70.2%literacy
- 925females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Junshara

Of every 100 households in Junshara in 2011, 47 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Junshara · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****35%**

**35%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**75%

Use banking services ****100%**

**53%

Television ****19%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Junshara?

■ Junshara · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.2%**

**66.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****925**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****872**

**948

Working population ****40.7%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.5% for men and 60.3% for women. 60% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 155 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 162 (36%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 74 (17%) · **■** Marginal 54 (12%)

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

- Mahespur1,202 people
- Bidyadharpur1,175 people
- Sahapur1,130 people
- Telrui1,130 people
- Madanmohanpur1,059 people
- Bandi Rampur1,043 people
- Khag Baikunthapur1,042 people
- Purba Patrahati1,002 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Junshara?1,097 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Junshara in?Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Junshara?70.2% (Census 2011)