# Jamalpur, Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur – Population & Literacy

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Jamalpur

Jamalpur is a village in [Tapan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/tapan/) 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 **1,157 people in 283 households**, the 64th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 1,157people (2011)
- 283households
- 64.0%literacy
- 958females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jamalpur

Of every 100 households in Jamalpur in 2011, 62 had electricity, 41 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jamalpur · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****41%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****59%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**94%

Use banking services ****29%**

**26%

Television ****46%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**33%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Jamalpur?

■ Jamalpur · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.0%**

**68.6%

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

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1476**

**954

Working population ****46.4%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.3% for men and 57.1% for women. 63% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 187 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 109 (20%) · **■** Household industry 30 (6%) · **■** Other work 87 (16%) · **■** Marginal 124 (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 Tapan

- Kadoa Jagadisbati1,185 people
- Chak Balaram1,183 people
- Khosalpur1,177 people
- Abhirampur1,161 people
- Kishtapur1,153 people
- Chandrail1,145 people
- Katrail1,118 people
- Gopinathpur1,090 people

[All 279 villages in Tapan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/tapan/villages/)

## Other places named Jamalpur

- Jamalpur · Sub-district, Barddhaman · 266,338 people
- Jamalpur · Sub-district, Munger · 208,330 people
- Jamalpur · Town, Munger · 105,434 people
- Jamalpur · Village, Gogri, Khagaria · 30,972 people
- Jamalpur · Village, Kiratpur, Darbhanga · 12,792 people
- Jamalpur · Village, Kaliganj, Nadia · 8,900 people

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jamalpur?1,157 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jamalpur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jamalpur?64.0% (Census 2011)