# Jotghatak Village, Hilli, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Hilli, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Jotghatak

Jotghatak is a village in Hilli sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,343 people in 331 households**, the 23rd largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.0%.

- 1,343people (2011)
- 331households
- 72.9%literacy
- 958females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jotghatak

Of every 100 households in Jotghatak in 2011, 48 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jotghatak · ■ Hilli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**60%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****63%**

**54%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**86%

Use banking services ****37%**

**36%

Television ****26%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****41%**

**32%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Jotghatak?

■ Jotghatak · ■ Hilli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.9%**

**76.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****958**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1013**

**966

Working population ****43.4%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.1% for men and 66.4% for women. 58% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 208 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 182 (31%) · **■** Household industry 13 (2%) · **■** Other work 142 (24%) · **■** Marginal 38 (7%)

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 Hilli

- Matais1,392 people
- Srirampur1,375 people
- Agra1,365 people
- Maniko1,354 people
- Nafar1,318 people
- Laskarpur1,311 people
- Chapahat1,293 people
- Sahapur1,223 people

[All 82 villages in Hilli](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/hilli/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jotghatak?1,343 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jotghatak in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Hilli sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jotghatak?72.9% (Census 2011)