# Jot Village, English Bazar, Maldah (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · English Bazar, Maldah 

# Jot

Jot is a village in English Bazar sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,479 people in 343 households**, the 50th largest of 108 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.3%.

- 1,479people (2011)
- 343households
- 85.1%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jot

Of every 100 households in Jot in 2011, 82 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 41 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 23 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Jot · ■ English Bazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****82%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**60%

Tap water ****13%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****58%**

**42%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****41%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****42%**

**83%

Use banking services ****80%**

**39%

Television ****60%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****5%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****23%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**31%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Jot?

■ Jot · ■ English Bazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.1%**

**63.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1063**

**972

Working population ****32.7%**

**35.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.0% for men and 82.0% for women. 54% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 14 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 35 (7%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 270 (56%) · **■** Marginal 158 (33%)

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 English Bazar

- Barampur1,595 people
- Raypur1,523 people
- Moslempur1,517 people
- Gonsaipur1,499 people
- Uttar Nazirpur1,461 people
- Anandamohanpur1,454 people
- Imamnagar1,389 people
- Uttar Gopinathpur1,240 people

[All 132 villages in English Bazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/english-bazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jot?1,479 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jot in?Maldah district (English Bazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jot?85.1% (Census 2011)