# Jongra Village, Cooch Behar - I, Koch Bihar (West Bengal)

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Village · Cooch Behar - I, Koch Bihar 

# Jongra

Jongra is a village in Cooch Behar - I sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **754 people in 170 households**, the 104th largest of 142 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.4%.

- 754people (2011)
- 170households
- 86.5%literacy
- 928females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jongra

Of every 100 households in Jongra in 2011, 11 had electricity, 75 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jongra · ■ Cooch Behar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****75%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****25%**

**47%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****84%**

**83%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****35%**

**40%

Television ****4%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**36%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Jongra?

■ Jongra · ■ Cooch Behar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.5%**

**75.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****928**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**942

Working population ****58.5%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.7% for men and 79.8% for women. 64% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 63 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 104 (24%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 13 (3%) · **■** Marginal 260 (59%)

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 Cooch Behar - I

- Purba Phalimari833 people
- Kalakata818 people
- Mainaguri Singijani798 people
- Giriar Kuthi792 people
- Khairamari742 people
- Brahmattar Garkhola693 people
- Chandisal693 people
- Rashidanga Dwitia Khanda630 people

[All 143 villages in Cooch Behar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/cooch-behar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jongra?754 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jongra in?Koch Bihar district (Cooch Behar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jongra?86.5% (Census 2011)