# Jamkola Village, Sainthia, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Sainthia, Birbhum 

# Jamkola

Jamkola is a village in Sainthia sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **603 people in 136 households**, the 121st largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 603people (2011)
- 136households
- 78.4%literacy
- 855females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jamkola

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

■ Jamkola · ■ Sainthia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**18%

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

**2%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****4%**

**57%

Television ****4%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****2%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**33%

Own their home ****100%**

**95%

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 Jamkola?

■ Jamkola · ■ Sainthia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.4%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****855**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****953**

**961

Working population ****63.0%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.3% for men and 66.7% for women. 64% of men and 62% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 3 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 240 (63%) · **■** Other work 3 (1%) · **■** Marginal 134 (35%)

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 Sainthia

- Meherpur623 people
- Salgaria621 people
- Rupadihi619 people
- Mathurapur614 people
- Dakshin Naogaon598 people
- Sanguldihi598 people
- Garurpur592 people
- Patharghata592 people

[All 230 villages in Sainthia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/sainthia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jamkola?603 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jamkola in?Birbhum district (Sainthia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jamkola?78.4% (Census 2011)