# Jatgaria Village, Kanksa, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Kanksa, Barddhaman 

# Jatgaria

Jatgaria is a village in Kanksa sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,595 people in 337 households**, the 23rd largest of 77 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.5%.

- 1,595people (2011)
- 337households
- 62.9%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jatgaria

Of every 100 households in Jatgaria in 2011, 47 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Jatgaria · ■ Kanksa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**31%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**68%

Tap water ****65%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**38%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****68%**

**70%

Use banking services ****33%**

**68%

Television ****31%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**12%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****13%**

**18%

Own their home ****93%**

**96%

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 Jatgaria?

■ Jatgaria · ■ Kanksa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.9%**

**72.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1121**

**976

Working population ****32.7%**

**45.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.1% for men and 53.0% for women. 52% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 85 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 127 (24%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 210 (40%) · **■** Marginal 97 (19%)

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 Kanksa

- Sibpur1,953 people
- Rajkusum1,705 people
- Kanchanpur1,627 people
- Rakshitpur1,625 people
- Nutunganj1,583 people
- Anandapur1,566 people
- Mobarakganja1,558 people
- Telipara1,499 people

[All 82 villages in Kanksa](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/kanksa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jatgaria?1,595 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jatgaria in?Barddhaman district (Kanksa sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jatgaria?62.9% (Census 2011)