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

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Jotejagat

Jotejagat is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **585 people in 156 households**, the 136th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 585people (2011)
- 156households
- 69.2%literacy
- 937females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jotejagat

Of every 100 households in Jotejagat in 2011, 56 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 9 a car.

■ Jotejagat · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**47%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**90%

Use banking services ****46%**

**41%

Television ****41%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****9%**

**2%

None of these assets ****5%**

**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 Jotejagat?

■ Jotejagat · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.2%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****937**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****704**

**965

Working population ****53.0%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.9% for men and 63.3% for women. 63% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 108 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 77 (25%) · **■** Household industry 7 (2%) · **■** Other work 35 (11%) · **■** Marginal 83 (27%)

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

- Pollapara619 people
- Chhoto Raghunathpur590 people
- Mamna590 people
- Asair588 people
- Narayanpur573 people
- Kusumbar566 people
- Sanapara564 people
- Chak Farid560 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jotejagat?585 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jotejagat in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jotejagat?69.2% (Census 2011)