# Purba Jhaukuthi Village, Tufanganj - II – Population

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Village · Tufanganj - II, Koch Bihar 

# Purba Jhaukuthi

Purba Jhaukuthi is a village in Tufanganj - II sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,376 people in 312 households**, the 37th largest of 53 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.6%.

- 1,376people (2011)
- 312households
- 71.3%literacy
- 888females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purba Jhaukuthi

Of every 100 households in Purba Jhaukuthi in 2011, 28 had electricity, 78 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purba Jhaukuthi · ■ Tufanganj - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**22%

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

**67%

No toilet (open defecation) ****22%**

**31%

Tap water ****31%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****62%**

**77%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**94%

Use banking services ****21%**

**21%

Television ****14%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****40%**

**40%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Purba Jhaukuthi?

■ Purba Jhaukuthi · ■ Tufanganj - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.3%**

**75.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****888**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1060**

**960

Working population ****31.5%**

**39.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.1% for men and 64.6% for women. 55% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 67 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 117 (27%) · **■** Other work 234 (54%) · **■** Marginal 15 (3%)

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 Tufanganj - II

- Dhanmatia1,564 people
- Dorko1,535 people
- Phersabari1,501 people
- Gorbhanga1,416 people
- Mantani1,296 people
- Turkanirkuthi1,251 people
- Madhurbhasa1,142 people
- Atra865 people

[All 53 villages in Tufanganj - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/tufanganj-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purba Jhaukuthi?1,376 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purba Jhaukuthi in?Koch Bihar district (Tufanganj - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purba Jhaukuthi?71.3% (Census 2011)