# Jarkapaksara Village, Taldangra, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Taldangra, Bankura 

# Jarkapaksara

Jarkapaksara is a village in Taldangra sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,221 people in 248 households**, the 38th largest of 141 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 1,221people (2011)
- 248households
- 68.3%literacy
- 935females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jarkapaksara

Of every 100 households in Jarkapaksara in 2011, 43 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Jarkapaksara · ■ Taldangra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**85%

Tap water ****1%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**17%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**88%

Use banking services ****51%**

**59%

Television ****23%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

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

**19%

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 Jarkapaksara?

■ Jarkapaksara · ■ Taldangra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.3%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****935**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****787**

**978

Working population ****38.0%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.9% for men and 56.2% for women. 53% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 104 (22%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 71 (15%) · **■** Marginal 287 (62%)

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 Taldangra

- Harakona1,290 people
- Kadma1,286 people
- Dhengashimul1,232 people
- Kusmi1,225 people
- Mahada1,214 people
- Murakati1,190 people
- Shyamsundarpur1,176 people
- Chakmajuriprasadpur1,153 people

[All 145 villages in Taldangra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/taldangra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jarkapaksara?1,221 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jarkapaksara in?Bankura district (Taldangra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jarkapaksara?68.3% (Census 2011)