# Jotkrishtai Village, Jamalpur, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Jamalpur, Barddhaman 

# Jotkrishtai

Jotkrishtai is a village in Jamalpur sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,328 people in 321 households**, the 76th largest of 121 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.1%.

- 1,328people (2011)
- 321households
- 63.7%literacy
- 962females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jotkrishtai

Of every 100 households in Jotkrishtai in 2011, 26 had electricity, 75 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jotkrishtai · ■ Jamalpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****75%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****25%**

**46%

Tap water ****21%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****33%**

**33%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**84%

Use banking services ****94%**

**65%

Television ****23%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**12%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****15%**

**18%

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 Jotkrishtai?

■ Jotkrishtai · ■ Jamalpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.7%**

**74.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****962**

**980

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****920**

**982

Working population ****50.5%**

**44.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.1% for men and 56.0% for women. 62% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 72 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 187 (28%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 101 (15%) · **■** Marginal 302 (45%)

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

- Ilsara1,382 people
- Kanakpur1,375 people
- Haragobindapur1,351 people
- Jotsubal1,338 people
- Keotara1,318 people
- Halara1,301 people
- Keliri1,297 people
- Chak Muzafarpur1,269 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jotkrishtai?1,328 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jotkrishtai in?Barddhaman district (Jamalpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jotkrishtai?63.7% (Census 2011)