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

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Jothar

Jothar is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,054 people in 265 households**, the 64th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 1,054people (2011)
- 265households
- 73.5%literacy
- 930females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jothar

Of every 100 households in Jothar in 2011, 58 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jothar · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**81%

Tap water ****63%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**29%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****16%**

**18%

Television ****14%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****50%**

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Jothar?

■ Jothar · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.5%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****930**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****873**

**955

Working population ****32.2%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.8% for men and 70.0% for women. 59% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 56 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 160 (47%) · **■** Household industry 7 (2%) · **■** Other work 37 (11%) · **■** Marginal 79 (23%)

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

- Bhetahar1,088 people
- Amlahar1,069 people
- Bara Damodarpur1,067 people
- Upadail1,057 people
- Khagail1,043 people
- Hariharpur1,029 people
- Dehata1,005 people
- Bagdoli994 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jothar?1,054 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jothar in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jothar?73.5% (Census 2011)