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

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Jantigram

Jantigram is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,076 people in 261 households**, the 64th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 1,076people (2011)
- 261households
- 70.2%literacy
- 949females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jantigram

Of every 100 households in Jantigram in 2011, 39 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Jantigram · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**65%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**47%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****42%**

**41%

Television ****22%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****27%**

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Jantigram?

■ Jantigram · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.2%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****949**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****727**

**965

Working population ****41.4%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.1% for men and 64.3% for women. 62% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 144 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 253 (57%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 36 (8%) · **■** Marginal 11 (2%)

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

- Badalpur1,132 people
- Jhapursi1,130 people
- Chakhay1,087 people
- Dangbiral1,085 people
- Idrakpur1,067 people
- Jagannathbati1,063 people
- Bhatra1,055 people
- Harigaon1,050 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jantigram?1,076 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jantigram in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jantigram?70.2% (Census 2011)