# Jaherpur Village, Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Jaherpur

Jaherpur is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **271 people in 67 households**, the 201st largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 42.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 271people (2011)
- 67households
- 42.5%literacy
- 1,053females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jaherpur

Of every 100 households in Jaherpur in 2011, 24 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jaherpur · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**29%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****12%**

**18%

Television ****7%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**24%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

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 Jaherpur?

■ Jaherpur · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****42.5%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1053**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****667**

**955

Working population ****48.0%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 45.1% for men and 40.3% for women. 51% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 7 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 46 (35%) · **■** Other work 18 (14%) · **■** Marginal 59 (45%)

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 Kushmundi

- Cherapara301 people
- Nakarna295 people
- Arazi Kasba284 people
- Langal Bhanga283 people
- Lakshmantara271 people
- Chapapara270 people
- Nij Raghunathpur263 people
- Bighor259 people

[All 231 villages in Kushmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kushmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jaherpur?271 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jaherpur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jaherpur?42.5% (Census 2011)