# Jhikardanga Village, Bhatar, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Bhatar, Barddhaman 

# Jhikardanga

Jhikardanga is a village in Bhatar sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **592 people in 120 households**, the 98th largest of 104 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.5%.

- 592people (2011)
- 120households
- 80.3%literacy
- 856females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jhikardanga

Of every 100 households in Jhikardanga in 2011, 62 had electricity, 68 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 3 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jhikardanga · ■ Bhatar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**44%

Toilet within the home ****68%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**58%

Tap water ****34%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****47%**

**29%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**87%

Use banking services ****47%**

**57%

Television ****44%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****3%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****23%**

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Jhikardanga?

■ Jhikardanga · ■ Bhatar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.3%**

**71.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****856**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****667**

**953

Working population ****38.9%**

**42.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.8% for men and 71.7% for women. 62% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 124 (54%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 17 (7%) · **■** Marginal 85 (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 Bhatar

- Nurpur740 people
- Kanpurhat737 people
- Purbba Ramchandrapur656 people
- Mukundapur628 people
- Nuta589 people
- Dangsara520 people
- Ghugia461 people
- Nawada378 people

[All 107 villages in Bhatar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/bhatar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jhikardanga?592 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jhikardanga in?Barddhaman district (Bhatar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jhikardanga?80.3% (Census 2011)