# Jotkasturi Village, Kaliachak - II, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Kaliachak - II, Maldah 

# Jotkasturi

Jotkasturi is a village in Kaliachak - II sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,901 people in 1,193 households**, the 15th largest of 40 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.

- 4,901people (2011)
- 1,193households
- 55.9%literacy
- 955females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jotkasturi

Of every 100 households in Jotkasturi in 2011, 11 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jotkasturi · ■ Kaliachak - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**44%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**71%

Tap water ****7%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**44%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****79%**

**76%

Use banking services ****32%**

**32%

Television ****9%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****58%**

**38%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Jotkasturi?

■ Jotkasturi · ■ Kaliachak - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.9%**

**65.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****899**

**966

Working population ****42.2%**

**42.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.9% for men and 47.6% for women. 52% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 17 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 737 (36%) · **■** Household industry 192 (9%) · **■** Other work 597 (29%) · **■** Marginal 526 (25%)

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 Kaliachak - II

- Sadipur7,048 people
- Gangaprasad7,037 people
- Dakshin Debipur6,334 people
- Bishnuprosad5,503 people
- Shripur4,871 people
- Meherapur4,713 people
- Chhota Mahadipur4,059 people
- Uttar Chandrapur3,669 people

[All 65 villages in Kaliachak - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/kaliachak-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jotkasturi?4,901 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jotkasturi in?Maldah district (Kaliachak - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jotkasturi?55.9% (Census 2011)