Village · Bolpur Sriniketan, Birbhum
# Jaljalia

Jaljalia is a village in Bolpur Sriniketan sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 460 people in 103 households, the 118th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.
- 460 people (2011)
- 103 households
- 75.2% literacy
- 957 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jaljalia

Of every 100 households in Jaljalia in 2011, 23 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jaljalia · ■ Bolpur Sriniketan rural average
- Electricity for lighting 23% 45%
- Toilet within the home 14% 27%
- No toilet (open defecation) 86% 73%
- Tap water 20% 27%
- Drinking water within premises 36% 18%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 1% 6%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 92% 82%
- Use banking services 98% 61%
- Television 23% 24%
- Mobile phone 25% 35%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 6% 8%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 39% 24%
- Own their home 96% 95%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Jaljalia?

■ Jaljalia · ■ Bolpur Sriniketan rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 75.2% 70.1%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 957 968
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1200 972
- Working population 50.2% 42.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.7% for men and 66.2% for women. 68% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 37 (16%) · ■ Farm labourers 44 (19%) · ■ Household industry 1 (0%) · ■ Other work 6 (3%) · ■ Marginal 143 (62%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Bolpur Sriniketan
- Kamalakantapur 471 people
- Keudaha 466 people
- Laudaha 465 people
- Ratanpur 462 people
- Mahuli 459 people
- Palsa 452 people
- Galundi 419 people
- Srichandrapur 415 people

All 169 villages in Bolpur Sriniketan

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Jaljalia? 460 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jaljalia in? Birbhum district (Bolpur Sriniketan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jaljalia? 75.2% (Census 2011)

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