# Jamthalia Village, Dubrajpur, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Dubrajpur, Birbhum 

# Jamthalia

Jamthalia is a village in Dubrajpur sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,000 people in 424 households**, the 17th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.3%.

- 2,000people (2011)
- 424households
- 71.4%literacy
- 908females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jamthalia

Of every 100 households in Jamthalia in 2011, 24 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Jamthalia · ■ Dubrajpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**85%

Tap water ****17%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**14%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**77%

Use banking services ****83%**

**51%

Television ****6%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**22%

Own their home ****61%**

**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 Jamthalia?

■ Jamthalia · ■ Dubrajpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.4%**

**68.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****908**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****866**

**980

Working population ****38.0%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.9% for men and 67.6% for women. 53% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 48 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 149 (20%) · **■** Household industry 41 (5%) · **■** Other work 52 (7%) · **■** Marginal 471 (62%)

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 Dubrajpur

- Hetampur2,388 people
- Gokrui2,383 people
- Jhirul2,241 people
- Ganra2,152 people
- Jalalpur1,963 people
- Hajrapur1,961 people
- Gopalnagar1,934 people
- Selarpur1,914 people

[All 227 villages in Dubrajpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/dubrajpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jamthalia?2,000 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jamthalia in?Birbhum district (Dubrajpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jamthalia?71.4% (Census 2011)