# Jot Narayan Village, Balagarh, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Balagarh, Hugli 

# Jot Narayan

Jot Narayan is a village in Balagarh sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,097 people in 263 households**, the 69th largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.2%.

- 1,097people (2011)
- 263households
- 60.4%literacy
- 955females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jot Narayan

Of every 100 households in Jot Narayan in 2011, 23 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 6 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jot Narayan · ■ Balagarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**59%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**40%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**17%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**81%

Use banking services ****73%**

**48%

Television ****11%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****6%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****35%**

**21%

Own their home ****96%**

**94%

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 Jot Narayan?

■ Jot Narayan · ■ Balagarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.4%**

**76.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****797**

**948

Working population ****46.9%**

**41.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.3% for men and 51.4% for women. 62% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 28 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 370 (72%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 57 (11%) · **■** Marginal 54 (11%)

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 Balagarh

- Asanpur1,159 people
- Uttar Gopalpur1,153 people
- Tamlipara1,145 people
- Baksagari1,125 people
- Bhelurgari1,095 people
- Raninagar1,083 people
- Tiornai1,073 people
- Bakulia1,068 people

[All 132 villages in Balagarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/balagarh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jot Narayan?1,097 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jot Narayan in?Hugli district (Balagarh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jot Narayan?60.4% (Census 2011)