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

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Village · Mayureswar - I, Birbhum 

# Jhikadda

Jhikadda is a village in Mayureswar - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,088 people in 295 households**, the 48th largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 1,088people (2011)
- 295households
- 69.1%literacy
- 873females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jhikadda

Of every 100 households in Jhikadda in 2011, 39 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Jhikadda · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**18%

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

**81%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**17%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**92%

Use banking services ****43%**

**55%

Television ****12%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****33%**

**32%

Own their home ****90%**

**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 Jhikadda?

■ Jhikadda · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.1%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****873**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****951**

**975

Working population ****49.1%**

**40.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.1% for men and 59.9% for women. 60% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 25 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 22 (4%) · **■** Other work 81 (15%) · **■** Marginal 406 (76%)

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

- Majurhati1,152 people
- Kumudda1,149 people
- Mahurapur1,104 people
- Tausia1,103 people
- Rautgara1,052 people
- Kusumi1,045 people
- Pakhuria1,042 people
- Sandhigara1,003 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jhikadda?1,088 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jhikadda in?Birbhum district (Mayureswar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jhikadda?69.1% (Census 2011)