# Jhepi Village, Darjeeling Pulbazar, Darjiling (West Bengal)

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Village · Darjeeling Pulbazar, Darjiling 

# Jhepi

Jhepi is a village in Darjeeling Pulbazar sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,576 people in 351 households**, the 27th largest of 43 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 80.6%.

- 1,576people (2011)
- 351households
- 77.3%literacy
- 894females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jhepi

Of every 100 households in Jhepi in 2011, 82 had electricity, 45 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Jhepi · ■ Darjeeling Pulbazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****82%**

**78%

Toilet within the home ****45%**

**58%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**34%

Tap water ****2%**

**31%

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

**5%

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

**23%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**75%

Use banking services ****13%**

**47%

Television ****27%**

**46%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****54%**

**28%

Own their home ****95%**

**83%

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 Jhepi?

■ Jhepi · ■ Darjeeling Pulbazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.3%**

**80.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****894**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****787**

**940

Working population ****56.1%**

**41.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.3% for men and 67.3% for women. 56% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 181 (20%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 45 (5%) · **■** Marginal 654 (74%)

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 Darjeeling Pulbazar

- Dangia1,768 people
- Banockburn Tea Garden1,725 people
- Rishihat Tea Garden1,651 people
- Singalila Forest1,632 people
- Liza Hill Tea Garden1,439 people
- Barnesbeg Tea Garden1,381 people
- Happy Valley Tea Garden1,310 people
- Rungneet Tea Garden1,252 people

[All 43 villages in Darjeeling Pulbazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/darjiling/darjeeling-pulbazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jhepi?1,576 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jhepi in?Darjiling district (Darjeeling Pulbazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jhepi?77.3% (Census 2011)