# Jotchandi Village, Goghat - II, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Goghat - II, Hugli 

# Jotchandi

Jotchandi is a village in Goghat - II sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,505 people in 322 households**, the 37th largest of 110 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.2%.

- 1,505people (2011)
- 322households
- 68.2%literacy
- 955females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jotchandi

Of every 100 households in Jotchandi in 2011, 56 had electricity, 50 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Jotchandi · ■ Goghat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****50%**

**62%

No toilet (open defecation) ****50%**

**36%

Tap water ****0%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**85%

Use banking services ****27%**

**40%

Television ****38%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**11%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Jotchandi?

■ Jotchandi · ■ Goghat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.2%**

**77.2%

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

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****796**

**922

Working population ****45.6%**

**39.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.5% for men and 61.7% for women. 65% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 156 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 298 (43%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 115 (17%) · **■** Marginal 115 (17%)

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 Goghat - II

- Anupnagar1,721 people
- Harihar1,666 people
- Sinrapur1,629 people
- Ashpur1,548 people
- Uttar Sainte1,467 people
- Dashghara1,458 people
- Pukhuria1,446 people
- Tilari1,444 people

[All 112 villages in Goghat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/goghat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jotchandi?1,505 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jotchandi in?Hugli district (Goghat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jotchandi?68.2% (Census 2011)