# Jamal Dahahat Village, Mekliganj, Koch Bihar (West Bengal)

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Village · Mekliganj, Koch Bihar 

# Jamal Dahahat

Jamal Dahahat is a village in Mekliganj sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,304 people in 548 households**, the 15th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 2,304people (2011)
- 548households
- 83.5%literacy
- 984females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jamal Dahahat

Of every 100 households in Jamal Dahahat in 2011, 56 had electricity, 78 a toilet at home and 31 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Jamal Dahahat · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**14%

Toilet within the home ****78%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****21%**

**74%

Tap water ****9%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****75%**

**69%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****31%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****69%**

**93%

Use banking services ****40%**

**36%

Television ****46%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**38%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Jamal Dahahat?

■ Jamal Dahahat · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.5%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****984**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1109**

**930

Working population ****33.6%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.6% for men and 79.2% for women. 58% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 24 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 69 (9%) · **■** Household industry 164 (21%) · **■** Other work 426 (55%) · **■** Marginal 90 (12%)

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

- Uttar Kharkharia2,677 people
- Sarhati2,549 people
- Dakshin Bokna Bandha2,539 people
- Dakshin Alokjhari2,360 people
- Jamaldaha2,242 people
- Dora Dabri2,157 people
- Bajejama Kuchlibari2,073 people
- Fulkardabri Kasiabari2,041 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jamal Dahahat?2,304 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jamal Dahahat in?Koch Bihar district (Mekliganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jamal Dahahat?83.5% (Census 2011)