# Jot Balaram Village, Faridpur Durgapur – Population & Literacy

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Village · Faridpur Durgapur, Barddhaman 

# Jot Balaram

Jot Balaram is a village in Faridpur Durgapur sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **918 people in 199 households**, the 36th largest of 48 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.3%.

- 918people (2011)
- 199households
- 73.8%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jot Balaram

Of every 100 households in Jot Balaram in 2011, 47 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jot Balaram · ■ Faridpur Durgapur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**32%

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

**24%

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

**13%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**50%

Use banking services ****7%**

**48%

Television ****24%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**19%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****49%**

**16%

Own their home ****96%**

**90%

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 Jot Balaram?

■ Jot Balaram · ■ Faridpur Durgapur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.8%**

**73.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**927

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****597**

**917

Working population ****30.7%**

**35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.5% for men and 61.2% for women. 48% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 88 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 92 (33%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 12 (4%) · **■** Marginal 89 (32%)

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 Faridpur Durgapur

- Kalikapur1,103 people
- Hetedoba1,092 people
- Paranganj1,044 people
- Jabuna978 people
- Nachan917 people
- Kendua835 people
- Benebandhi776 people
- Banguri637 people

[All 51 villages in Faridpur Durgapur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/faridpur-durgapur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jot Balaram?918 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jot Balaram in?Barddhaman district (Faridpur Durgapur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jot Balaram?73.8% (Census 2011)