# Jotdakshin Village, Jamalpur, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Jamalpur, Barddhaman 

# Jotdakshin

Jotdakshin is a village in Jamalpur sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,705 people in 354 households**, the 65th largest of 121 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.1%.

- 1,705people (2011)
- 354households
- 80.7%literacy
- 978females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jotdakshin

Of every 100 households in Jotdakshin in 2011, 51 had electricity, 80 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Jotdakshin · ■ Jamalpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****80%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****13%**

**46%

Tap water ****1%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**6%

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

**84%

Use banking services ****94%**

**65%

Television ****33%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**12%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****10%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Jotdakshin?

■ Jotdakshin · ■ Jamalpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.7%**

**74.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****978**

**980

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1079**

**982

Working population ****38.1%**

**44.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.0% for men and 75.1% for women. 67% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 207 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 268 (41%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 115 (18%) · **■** Marginal 53 (8%)

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

- Muidipur1,832 people
- Radhaballabbati1,820 people
- Jotshriram1,780 people
- Dhap Dhara1,771 people
- Ujirpur1,705 people
- Bara Tikra1,702 people
- Siptai1,637 people
- Habaspur1,479 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jotdakshin?1,705 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jotdakshin in?Barddhaman district (Jamalpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jotdakshin?80.7% (Census 2011)