# Jantihari, Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Jantihari

Jantihari is a village in [Kumarganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kumarganj/) sub-district of [Dakshin Dinajpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **1,383 people in 350 households**, the 34th largest of 208 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 1,383people (2011)
- 350households
- 70.4%literacy
- 945females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jantihari

Of every 100 households in Jantihari in 2011, 41 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Jantihari · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**70%

Tap water ****24%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**93%

Use banking services ****40%**

**25%

Television ****22%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****47%**

**33%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Jantihari?

■ Jantihari · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.4%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****945**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****851**

**951

Working population ****38.4%**

**43.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.8% for men and 67.9% for women. 58% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 95 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 122 (23%) · **■** Household industry 123 (23%) · **■** Other work 166 (31%) · **■** Marginal 25 (5%)

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 Kumarganj

- Barait1,424 people
- Sundarpur1,393 people
- Azadpur1,392 people
- Raynanda1,384 people
- Basanti1,361 people
- Madhabpur1,332 people
- Daudpur1,299 people
- Dhadalpara1,297 people

[All 218 villages in Kumarganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kumarganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jantihari?1,383 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jantihari in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kumarganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jantihari?70.4% (Census 2011)