Village · Hilli, Dakshin Dinajpur
# Jamalpur

Jamalpur is a village in Hilli sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 3,618 people in 864 households, the 2nd largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.0%.
- 3,618 people (2011)
- 864 households
- 66.0% literacy
- 957 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jamalpur

Of every 100 households in Jamalpur in 2011, 18 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jamalpur · ■ Hilli rural average
- Electricity for lighting 18% 42%
- Toilet within the home 10% 38%
- No toilet (open defecation) 90% 60%
- Tap water 0% 12%
- Drinking water within premises 24% 54%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 5%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 89% 86%
- Use banking services 28% 36%
- Television 12% 28%
- Mobile phone 27% 39%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 4% 5%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 2%
- None of these assets 42% 32%
- Own their home 94% 97%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Jamalpur?

■ Jamalpur · ■ Hilli rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 66.0% 76.0%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 957 949
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1103 966
- Working population 47.4% 44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.0% for men and 58.5% for women. 59% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 658 (38%) · ■ Farm labourers 667 (39%) · ■ Household industry 18 (1%) · ■ Other work 76 (4%) · ■ Marginal 297 (17%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Hilli
- Aptair 3,655 people
- Kismat Dapt 3,163 people
- Purbba Raynagar 2,618 people
- Baikunthapur 2,493 people
- Domran 2,295 people

All 82 villages in Hilli

## Other places named Jamalpur
- Jamalpur · Sub-district, Barddhaman · 266,338 people
- Jamalpur · Sub-district, Munger · 208,330 people
- Jamalpur · Town, Munger · 105,434 people
- Jamalpur · Village, Gogri, Khagaria · 30,972 people
- Jamalpur · Village, Kiratpur, Darbhanga · 12,792 people
- Jamalpur · Village, Kaliganj, Nadia · 8,900 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Jamalpur? 3,618 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jamalpur in? Dakshin Dinajpur district (Hilli sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jamalpur? 66.0% (Census 2011)

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