# Jhikra Village, Rajnagar, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Rajnagar, Birbhum 

# Jhikra

Jhikra is a village in Rajnagar sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **183 people in 41 households**, the 76th largest of 88 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 35.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 67.1%.

- 183people (2011)
- 41households
- 35.7%literacy
- 968females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jhikra

Of every 100 households in Jhikra in 2011, 0 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jhikra · ■ Rajnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**88%

Tap water ****5%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**80%

Use banking services ****7%**

**34%

Television ****0%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**0%

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

**23%

Own their home ****88%**

**98%

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 Jhikra?

■ Jhikra · ■ Rajnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****35.7%**

**67.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****968**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1150**

**952

Working population ****47.0%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 45.2% for men and 25.4% for women. 52% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 10 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 35 (41%) · **■** Other work 10 (12%) · **■** Marginal 31 (36%)

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 Rajnagar

- Nutangram205 people
- Baraghata202 people
- Nimra201 people
- Amlachaturi189 people
- Daldala155 people
- Kanaipur151 people
- Ramnagar128 people
- Durgapur126 people

[All 98 villages in Rajnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/rajnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jhikra?183 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jhikra in?Birbhum district (Rajnagar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jhikra?35.7% (Census 2011)