# Jalahati Village, Purbasthali - I, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Purbasthali - I, Barddhaman 

# Jalahati

Jalahati is a village in Purbasthali - I sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,626 people in 1,103 households**, the 5th largest of 91 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.3%.

- 4,626people (2011)
- 1,103households
- 80.2%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jalahati

Of every 100 households in Jalahati in 2011, 52 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Jalahati · ■ Purbasthali - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**59%

No toilet (open defecation) ****11%**

**40%

Tap water ****8%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****56%**

**25%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****35%**

**81%

Use banking services ****31%**

**48%

Television ****30%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****25%**

**26%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Jalahati?

■ Jalahati · ■ Purbasthali - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.2%**

**77.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****921**

**954

Working population ****38.9%**

**39.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.3% for men and 75.8% for women. 60% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 52 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 111 (6%) · **■** Household industry 505 (28%) · **■** Other work 868 (48%) · **■** Marginal 262 (15%)

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 Purbasthali - I

- Samudragar13,089 people
- Champahati6,694 people
- Dogachhia5,910 people
- Goalpara4,843 people
- Kobla4,117 people
- Kharashgram3,957 people
- Nadanghat3,799 people
- Naopara3,619 people

[All 95 villages in Purbasthali - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/purbasthali-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jalahati?4,626 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jalahati in?Barddhaman district (Purbasthali - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jalahati?80.2% (Census 2011)