# Jigin Village, Gazole, Maldah (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Gazole, Maldah 

# Jigin

Jigin is a village in Gazole sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,720 people in 371 households**, the 54th largest of 286 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 62.1%.

- 1,720people (2011)
- 371households
- 60.3%literacy
- 933females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jigin

Of every 100 households in Jigin in 2011, 15 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Jigin · ■ Gazole rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**75%

Tap water ****2%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**12%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****24%**

**33%

Television ****6%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****41%**

**33%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Jigin?

■ Jigin · ■ Gazole rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.3%**

**62.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****933**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****681**

**979

Working population ****34.5%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.6% for men and 57.0% for women. 52% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 92 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 96 (16%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 211 (36%) · **■** Marginal 192 (32%)

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 Gazole

- Mahishal1,806 people
- Dilalbati1,798 people
- Shyamnagar1,793 people
- Mahanagar1,786 people
- Saluka1,694 people
- Matail1,693 people
- Bujruk Bandhail1,674 people
- Lakshmipur1,669 people

[All 291 villages in Gazole](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/gazole/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jigin?1,720 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jigin in?Maldah district (Gazole sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jigin?60.3% (Census 2011)