# Jhikakuri Village, Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Jhikakuri

Jhikakuri is a village in Kumarganj sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **825 people in 210 households**, the 74th largest of 208 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 825people (2011)
- 210households
- 80.3%literacy
- 955females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jhikakuri

Of every 100 households in Jhikakuri in 2011, 25 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jhikakuri · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**70%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**33%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**93%

Use banking services ****23%**

**25%

Television ****10%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**33%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Jhikakuri?

■ Jhikakuri · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.3%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****950**

**951

Working population ****45.8%**

**43.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.2% for men and 77.3% for women. 65% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 194 (51%) · **■** Farm labourers 92 (24%) · **■** Other work 2 (1%) · **■** Marginal 90 (24%)

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

- Narayanpur852 people
- Khanpur838 people
- Tazpur835 people
- Safarpur826 people
- Kuraha825 people
- Harischandrapur819 people
- Sahazadpur810 people
- Dewan800 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jhikakuri?825 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jhikakuri in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kumarganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jhikakuri?80.3% (Census 2011)