Village · Beldanga - I, Murshidabad
# Jafrabad

Jafrabad is a village in Beldanga - I sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,051 people in 250 households, the 47th largest of 55 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.9%.
- 1,051 people (2011)
- 250 households
- 71.2% literacy
- 928 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jafrabad

Of every 100 households in Jafrabad in 2011, 23 had electricity, 43 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jafrabad · ■ Beldanga - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 23% 40%
- Toilet within the home 43% 52%
- No toilet (open defecation) 57% 46%
- Tap water 0% 17%
- Drinking water within premises 67% 54%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 3%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 92%
- Use banking services 4% 21%
- Television 10% 19%
- Mobile phone 10% 34%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 2% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 40% 29%
- Own their home 94% 96%

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

## What is the population of Jafrabad?

■ Jafrabad · ■ Beldanga - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 71.2% 69.9%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 928 945
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 714 974
- Working population 34.3% 33.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.1% for men and 68.2% for women. 60% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 18 (5%) · ■ Farm labourers 226 (63%) · ■ Other work 42 (12%) · ■ Marginal 74 (21%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Beldanga - I
- Meliani 1,567 people
- Chaitanyapur 1,549 people
- Palaighata 1,430 people
- Binkar 1,293 people
- Halalpur 997 people
- Arazi Giridharipur 932 people
- Sahapur 767 people
- Sujapur 676 people

All 65 villages in Beldanga - I

## Other places named Jafrabad
- Jafrabad · Sub-district, Amreli · 108,002 people
- Jafrabad · Town, Murshidabad · 28,332 people
- Jafrabad · Town, Amreli · 27,167 people
- Jafrabad · Village, Jafferabad, Jalna · 15,910 people
- Jafrabad · Village, Bindki, Fatehpur · 12,253 people
- Jafrabad · Town, Panch Mahals · 9,685 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Jafrabad? 1,051 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jafrabad in? Murshidabad district (Beldanga - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jafrabad? 71.2% (Census 2011)

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