# Gurjang Jhora Tea Garden Village, Mal – Population & Literacy

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Village · Mal, Jalpaiguri 

# Gurjang Jhora Tea Garden

Gurjang Jhora Tea Garden is a village in Mal sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,423 people in 500 households**, the 54th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 2,423people (2011)
- 500households
- 68.5%literacy
- 980females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gurjang Jhora Tea Garden

Of every 100 households in Gurjang Jhora Tea Garden in 2011, 97 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gurjang Jhora Tea Garden · ■ Mal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**29%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**70%

Tap water ****48%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**37%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****62%**

**29%

Television ****47%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****33%**

**33%

Own their home ****2%**

**62%

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 Gurjang Jhora Tea Garden?

■ Gurjang Jhora Tea Garden · ■ Mal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.5%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****980**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1029**

**970

Working population ****43.2%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.2% for men and 52.4% for women. 50% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 2 (0%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (0%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 658 (63%) · **■** Marginal 382 (37%)

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 Mal

- Anandapur2,457 people
- Gochimari2,445 people
- Kumali2,434 people
- Jhar Majhgram2,430 people
- Nidam Jhora Tea Garden2,407 people
- Chapadanga2,299 people
- Manabari Tea Garden2,147 people
- Chengmarihat2,008 people

[All 103 villages in Mal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/mal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gurjang Jhora Tea Garden?2,423 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gurjang Jhora Tea Garden in?Jalpaiguri district (Mal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gurjang Jhora Tea Garden?68.5% (Census 2011)