# Ajhapur Village, Jamalpur, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Jamalpur, Barddhaman 

# Ajhapur

Ajhapur is a village in Jamalpur sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **8,502 people in 2,065 households**, the 2nd largest of 121 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.1%.

- 8,502people (2011)
- 2,065households
- 66.5%literacy
- 974females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ajhapur

Of every 100 households in Ajhapur in 2011, 36 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ajhapur · ■ Jamalpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****46%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**46%

Tap water ****4%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****41%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****69%**

**84%

Use banking services ****82%**

**65%

Television ****29%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**12%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****24%**

**18%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Ajhapur?

■ Ajhapur · ■ Jamalpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.5%**

**74.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****974**

**980

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****920**

**982

Working population ****46.2%**

**44.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.7% for men and 59.2% for women. 61% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 226 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 2,042 (52%) · **■** Household industry 74 (2%) · **■** Other work 1,035 (26%) · **■** Marginal 550 (14%)

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 Jamalpur

- Jaugram11,421 people
- Kulingram7,730 people
- Ruppur6,866 people
- Shura6,384 people
- Nabagram6,298 people

[All 123 villages in Jamalpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/jamalpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ajhapur?8,502 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ajhapur in?Barddhaman district (Jamalpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ajhapur?66.5% (Census 2011)