# Jalsua Village, Mekliganj, Koch Bihar (West Bengal)

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Village · Mekliganj, Koch Bihar 

# Jalsua

Jalsua is a village in Mekliganj sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **571 people in 139 households**, the 74th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 571people (2011)
- 139households
- 73.4%literacy
- 854females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jalsua

Of every 100 households in Jalsua in 2011, 1 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jalsua · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**14%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**74%

Tap water ****3%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****78%**

**69%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**93%

Use banking services ****40%**

**36%

Television ****2%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**1%

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

**38%

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 Jalsua?

■ Jalsua · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.4%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****854**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****729**

**930

Working population ****50.6%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.8% for men and 64.9% for women. 54% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 39 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 87 (30%) · **■** Other work 1 (0%) · **■** Marginal 162 (56%)

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 Mekliganj

- Purba Kamat Changrabandha604 people
- Fulkardabri Bajejama590 people
- Dhulia Uchal Pukhari583 people
- Satgharia579 people
- Chhat Panisala559 people
- Jikabari555 people
- Chhat Dhulia549 people
- Uttar Upanchauki Kuchlibari541 people

[All 186 villages in Mekliganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/mekliganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jalsua?571 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jalsua in?Koch Bihar district (Mekliganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jalsua?73.4% (Census 2011)