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

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Village · Gazole, Maldah 

# Jotghasi

Jotghasi is a village in Gazole sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **231 people in 53 households**, the 260th largest of 286 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.1%.

- 231people (2011)
- 53households
- 77.7%literacy
- 1,009females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jotghasi

Of every 100 households in Jotghasi in 2011, 38 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 12 a car.

■ Jotghasi · ■ Gazole rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**75%

Tap water ****2%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**12%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****62%**

**93%

Use banking services ****68%**

**33%

Television ****28%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****12%**

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**33%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Jotghasi?

■ Jotghasi · ■ Gazole rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.7%**

**62.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1009**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1111**

**979

Working population ****42.0%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.8% for men and 63.5% for women. 59% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 38 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 29 (30%) · **■** Other work 26 (27%) · **■** Marginal 4 (4%)

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

- Dharail252 people
- Gohailbari243 people
- Manikor241 people
- Ganeshbati239 people
- Sinhapara230 people
- Gopalpur218 people
- Dakshin Kasba204 people
- Muradpur204 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jotghasi?231 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jotghasi in?Maldah district (Gazole sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jotghasi?77.7% (Census 2011)