Village · Harischandrapur - I, Maldah
# Janaki Nagar

Janaki Nagar is a village in Harischandrapur - I sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 520 people in 117 households, the 91st largest of 104 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 52.5%.
- 520 people (2011)
- 117 households
- 77.0% literacy
- 898 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Janaki Nagar

Of every 100 households in Janaki Nagar in 2011, 62 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 71 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Janaki Nagar · ■ Harischandrapur - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 62% 29%
- Toilet within the home 42% 22%
- No toilet (open defecation) 58% 77%
- Tap water 0% 18%
- Drinking water within premises 77% 41%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 6% 3%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 89% 92%
- Use banking services 36% 24%
- Television 31% 12%
- Mobile phone 71% 28%
- Computer with internet 1% 0%
- Two-wheeler 3% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 1%
- None of these assets 14% 35%
- Own their home 98% 97%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Janaki Nagar?

■ Janaki Nagar · ■ Harischandrapur - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 77.0% 52.5%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 898 933
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 884 954
- Working population 27.7% 35.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.1% for men and 73.6% for women. 46% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 72 (50%) · ■ Farm labourers 15 (10%) · ■ Household industry 1 (1%) · ■ Other work 48 (33%) · ■ Marginal 8 (6%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Harischandrapur - I
- Haranathpur 546 people
- Gopalpur 533 people
- Nazirpur 533 people
- Bighor 526 people
- Darakandi 508 people
- Uttar Gauripur 380 people
- Pirojpur 361 people
- Dhuripara 341 people

All 105 villages in Harischandrapur - I

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Janaki Nagar? 520 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Janaki Nagar in? Maldah district (Harischandrapur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Janaki Nagar? 77.0% (Census 2011)

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