# Jot Mahes Village, Dhaniakhali, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Dhaniakhali, Hugli 

# Jot Mahes

Jot Mahes is a village in Dhaniakhali sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **674 people in 161 households**, the 168th largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.7%.

- 674people (2011)
- 161households
- 77.9%literacy
- 1,024females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jot Mahes

Of every 100 households in Jot Mahes in 2011, 53 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jot Mahes · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**48%

Tap water ****1%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**26%

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

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**84%

Use banking services ****23%**

**58%

Television ****21%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**13%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****36%**

**18%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Jot Mahes?

■ Jot Mahes · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.9%**

**75.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1024**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1323**

**962

Working population ****44.5%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.8% for men and 71.0% for women. 64% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 23 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 212 (71%) · **■** Household industry 9 (3%) · **■** Other work 48 (16%) · **■** Marginal 8 (3%)

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

- Sirijpur687 people
- Kashipur676 people
- Sheapur676 people
- Shibpur675 people
- Hiranya Bati652 people
- Kathalgaria642 people
- Dumro640 people
- Beguna630 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jot Mahes?674 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jot Mahes in?Hugli district (Dhaniakhali sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jot Mahes?77.9% (Census 2011)