# Jangalpur Village, Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Jangalpur

Jangalpur is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **343 people in 79 households**, the 209th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 343people (2011)
- 79households
- 65.1%literacy
- 906females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jangalpur

Of every 100 households in Jangalpur in 2011, 5 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 5 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jangalpur · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**47%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****3%**

**41%

Television ****4%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****5%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****35%**

**26%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Jangalpur?

■ Jangalpur · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.1%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****906**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1294**

**965

Working population ****31.2%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.5% for men and 53.2% for women. 53% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 52 (49%) · **■** Farm labourers 39 (36%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 10 (9%) · **■** Marginal 5 (5%)

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 Balurghat

- Kadmathail357 people
- Saidpur350 people
- Kajialsi349 people
- Malikura345 people
- Chingra341 people
- Uchhakapur341 people
- Kutubpur339 people
- Amril329 people

[All 307 villages in Balurghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/balurghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jangalpur?343 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jangalpur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jangalpur?65.1% (Census 2011)