# Jahangirpur Village, Gangarampur – Population & Literacy

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Village · Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Jahangirpur

Jahangirpur is a village in Gangarampur sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,560 people in 573 households**, the 18th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.3%.

- 2,560people (2011)
- 573households
- 69.4%literacy
- 934females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jahangirpur

Of every 100 households in Jahangirpur in 2011, 24 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Jahangirpur · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**70%

Tap water ****1%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**95%

Use banking services ****12%**

**27%

Television ****8%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****33%**

**37%

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 Jahangirpur?

■ Jahangirpur · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.4%**

**71.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****934**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****890**

**936

Working population ****31.7%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.9% for men and 67.7% for women. 57% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 296 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 393 (48%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 35 (4%) · **■** Marginal 87 (11%)

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 Gangarampur

- Boaldaha2,889 people
- Nehamba2,836 people
- Keshabpur2,834 people
- Ashokgram2,632 people
- Chalun2,527 people
- Kurumsur2,522 people
- Bachhuria2,440 people
- Sahara2,378 people

[All 202 villages in Gangarampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/gangarampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jahangirpur?2,560 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jahangirpur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Gangarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jahangirpur?69.4% (Census 2011)