# Jashrai Village, Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Jashrai

Jashrai is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **609 people in 141 households**, the 147th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 609people (2011)
- 141households
- 70.9%literacy
- 939females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jashrai

Of every 100 households in Jashrai in 2011, 67 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 7 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jashrai · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****67%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**75%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****23%**

**26%

Television ****38%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****7%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**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 Jashrai?

■ Jashrai · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.9%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****939**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****717**

**954

Working population ****28.1%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.2% for men and 61.5% for women. 48% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 113 (66%) · **■** Farm labourers 33 (19%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 17 (10%) · **■** Marginal 6 (4%)

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

- Ganguria631 people
- Kamalpur623 people
- Daudpur617 people
- Basakbari615 people
- Baneswarbati608 people
- Nedair607 people
- Jasurapara602 people
- Mahadebbati601 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jashrai?609 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jashrai in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jashrai?70.9% (Census 2011)