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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Jiyatkunda

Jiyatkunda is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,469 people in 343 households**, the 43rd largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 1,469people (2011)
- 343households
- 56.4%literacy
- 982females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jiyatkunda

Of every 100 households in Jiyatkunda in 2011, 22 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jiyatkunda · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**31%

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

**24%

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

**75%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

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

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**94%

Use banking services ****4%**

**26%

Television ****10%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****45%**

**33%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Jiyatkunda?

■ Jiyatkunda · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.4%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****982**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1438**

**954

Working population ****57.6%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.7% for men and 53.9% for women. 64% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 156 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 235 (28%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 14 (2%) · **■** Marginal 437 (52%)

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

- Rampur1,526 people
- Kazi Bhagi1,521 people
- Malancha1,515 people
- Krishnabati1,499 people
- Dwip Khanda1,432 people
- Atila1,425 people
- Balapur1,425 people
- Khirtta1,387 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jiyatkunda?1,469 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jiyatkunda in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jiyatkunda?56.4% (Census 2011)