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

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Village · Sainthia, Birbhum 

# Jashoda

Jashoda is a village in Sainthia sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **723 people in 162 households**, the 96th largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 723people (2011)
- 162households
- 62.8%literacy
- 954females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jashoda

Of every 100 households in Jashoda in 2011, 41 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Jashoda · ■ Sainthia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**82%

Tap water ****11%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**18%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**85%

Use banking services ****59%**

**57%

Television ****37%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**33%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Jashoda?

■ Jashoda · ■ Sainthia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.8%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****954**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1359**

**961

Working population ****34.4%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.1% for men and 54.7% for women. 57% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 121 (49%) · **■** Farm labourers 101 (41%) · **■** Household industry 4 (2%) · **■** Other work 9 (4%) · **■** Marginal 14 (6%)

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

- Panur734 people
- Masadda732 people
- Samsa731 people
- Purbba Sundalpur726 people
- Bagdola721 people
- Pargaon718 people
- Pakuria713 people
- Baharapur712 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jashoda?723 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jashoda in?Birbhum district (Sainthia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jashoda?62.8% (Census 2011)