# Jamar Village, Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Jamar

Jamar is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,341 people in 595 households**, the 10th largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 2,341people (2011)
- 595households
- 57.2%literacy
- 996females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jamar

Of every 100 households in Jamar in 2011, 23 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jamar · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**42%

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

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

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

**27%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****76%**

**89%

Use banking services ****14%**

**32%

Television ****7%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****58%**

**29%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Jamar?

■ Jamar · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.2%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****996**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****903**

**972

Working population ****43.0%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.1% for men and 50.4% for women. 56% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 86 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 542 (54%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 130 (13%) · **■** Marginal 242 (24%)

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 Bansihari

- Karai2,818 people
- Baragram2,556 people
- Barail2,506 people
- Aligara2,417 people
- Kail2,244 people
- Panjarpara2,233 people
- Badalpur1,892 people
- Amai1,869 people

[All 161 villages in Bansihari](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/bansihari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jamar?2,341 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jamar in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jamar?57.2% (Census 2011)