# Jolkul Village, Dhaniakhali, Hugli (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Dhaniakhali, Hugli 

# Jolkul

Jolkul is a village in Dhaniakhali sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,466 people in 367 households**, the 77th largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.7%.

- 1,466people (2011)
- 367households
- 64.2%literacy
- 968females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jolkul

Of every 100 households in Jolkul in 2011, 38 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Jolkul · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****35%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****65%**

**48%

Tap water ****2%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**26%

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

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**84%

Use banking services ****61%**

**58%

Television ****20%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**13%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****25%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**96%

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 Jolkul?

■ Jolkul · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.2%**

**75.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****968**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****750**

**962

Working population ****50.1%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.3% for men and 56.1% for women. 64% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 112 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 318 (43%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 41 (6%) · **■** Marginal 263 (36%)

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 Dhaniakhali

- Talbona1,499 people
- Kamalpur1,488 people
- Balighari1,480 people
- Bhagabanpur1,473 people
- Durgapur1,441 people
- Belgachhia1,436 people
- Gopalpur1,432 people
- Katgara1,431 people

[All 214 villages in Dhaniakhali](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/dhaniakhali/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jolkul?1,466 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jolkul in?Hugli district (Dhaniakhali sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jolkul?64.2% (Census 2011)