# Jamalpur Village, Mayureswar - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Mayureswar - I, Birbhum 

# Jamalpur

Jamalpur is a village in Mayureswar - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,199 people in 296 households**, the 42nd largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 1,199people (2011)
- 296households
- 79.7%literacy
- 915females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jamalpur

Of every 100 households in Jamalpur in 2011, 40 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Jamalpur · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**17%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**92%

Use banking services ****80%**

**55%

Television ****27%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****17%**

**32%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Jamalpur?

■ Jamalpur · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.7%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****915**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****914**

**975

Working population ****37.0%**

**40.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.7% for men and 71.0% for women. 60% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 46 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 194 (44%) · **■** Household industry 16 (4%) · **■** Other work 79 (18%) · **■** Marginal 109 (25%)

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 Mayureswar - I

- Pathai1,348 people
- Gourbazar1,312 people
- Kamra1,270 people
- Nandigram1,219 people
- Bhalian1,169 people
- Majurhati1,152 people
- Kumudda1,149 people
- Mahurapur1,104 people

[All 113 villages in Mayureswar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mayureswar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jamalpur?1,199 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jamalpur in?Birbhum district (Mayureswar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jamalpur?79.7% (Census 2011)