# Jognigaon Village, Manikchak, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Manikchak, Maldah 

# Jognigaon

Jognigaon is a village in Manikchak sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,448 people in 311 households**, the 52nd largest of 72 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.8%.

- 1,448people (2011)
- 311households
- 64.2%literacy
- 868females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jognigaon

Of every 100 households in Jognigaon in 2011, 62 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jognigaon · ■ Manikchak rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**74%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**49%

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

**2%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****42%**

**30%

Television ****8%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**51%

Own their home ****86%**

**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 Jognigaon?

■ Jognigaon · ■ Manikchak rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.2%**

**57.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****868**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1040**

**950

Working population ****41.4%**

**36.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.2% for men and 52.4% for women. 58% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 21 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 230 (38%) · **■** Other work 8 (1%) · **■** Marginal 341 (57%)

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 Manikchak

- Kangsha Binodpur1,525 people
- Brahman Gram1,508 people
- Sukhsena1,502 people
- Bishanpur Srirampara1,477 people
- Jitmanpur1,439 people
- Biswambhar Binodpur1,325 people
- Gobindapur1,323 people
- Nazirpur Sahebdi1,266 people

[All 89 villages in Manikchak](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/manikchak/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jognigaon?1,448 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jognigaon in?Maldah district (Manikchak sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jognigaon?64.2% (Census 2011)