# Jotalam Village, Habibpur, Maldah (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Habibpur, Maldah 

# Jotalam

Jotalam is a village in Habibpur sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **483 people in 115 households**, the 116th largest of 233 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 42.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 55.8%.

- 483people (2011)
- 115households
- 42.9%literacy
- 1,029females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jotalam

Of every 100 households in Jotalam in 2011, 10 had electricity, 52 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jotalam · ■ Habibpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**15%

Toilet within the home ****52%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****47%**

**81%

Tap water ****1%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**6%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**95%

Use banking services ****46%**

**22%

Television ****6%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**40%

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 Jotalam?

■ Jotalam · ■ Habibpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****42.9%**

**55.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1029**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****848**

**950

Working population ****52.6%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 53.7% for men and 32.7% for women. 51% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 99 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 21 (8%) · **■** Household industry 4 (2%) · **■** Other work 4 (2%) · **■** Marginal 126 (50%)

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 Habibpur

- Damdama508 people
- Pathar Sasuli508 people
- Baidyapur497 people
- Pathar Oltara492 people
- Tekura480 people
- Bankail475 people
- Jiakandar475 people
- Guhinagar471 people

[All 287 villages in Habibpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/habibpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jotalam?483 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jotalam in?Maldah district (Habibpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jotalam?42.9% (Census 2011)