# Jotbasanta Village, Harirampur, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Harirampur, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Jotbasanta

Jotbasanta is a village in Harirampur sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **264 people in 65 households**, the 123rd largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.0%.

- 264people (2011)
- 65households
- 78.7%literacy
- 1,015females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jotbasanta

Of every 100 households in Jotbasanta in 2011, 27 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Jotbasanta · ■ Harirampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**37%

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

**20%

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

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**16%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****82%**

**24%

Television ****8%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

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

**32%

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 Jotbasanta?

■ Jotbasanta · ■ Harirampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.7%**

**64.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1015**

**983

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1417**

**973

Working population ****26.5%**

**40.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.4% for men and 75.0% for women. 52% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 26 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (17%) · **■** Other work 4 (6%) · **■** Marginal 28 (40%)

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 Harirampur

- Krishna Charan308 people
- Baramahar296 people
- Jafarpur292 people
- Baje Chahatpur277 people
- Bahadurpur263 people
- Lakshmipur261 people
- Uddhabpur257 people
- Dangapara Belua256 people

[All 151 villages in Harirampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/harirampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jotbasanta?264 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jotbasanta in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Harirampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jotbasanta?78.7% (Census 2011)