# Jot Sahabaj Village, Bhagawangola - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bhagawangola - II, Murshidabad 

# Jot Sahabaj

Jot Sahabaj is a village in Bhagawangola - II sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,489 people in 374 households**, the 32nd largest of 56 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.8%.

- 1,489people (2011)
- 374households
- 65.3%literacy
- 996females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jot Sahabaj

Of every 100 households in Jot Sahabaj in 2011, 30 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jot Sahabaj · ■ Bhagawangola - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**12%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**39%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**35%

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

**0%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****5%**

**27%

Television ****3%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**21%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****53%**

**42%

Own their home ****97%**

**94%

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 Jot Sahabaj?

■ Jot Sahabaj · ■ Bhagawangola - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.3%**

**62.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****996**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1179**

**968

Working population ****31.5%**

**30.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.4% for men and 67.3% for women. 60% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 62 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 379 (81%) · **■** Other work 22 (5%) · **■** Marginal 6 (1%)

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 Bhagawangola - II

- Jazira Char Dumuria1,797 people
- Malipur1,774 people
- Dakshin Basudebpur1,651 people
- Boalia1,526 people
- Kalyan Nagar1,411 people
- Jafrabad1,367 people
- Mehadipur1,333 people
- Anupnagar1,286 people

[All 71 villages in Bhagawangola - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/bhagawangola-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jot Sahabaj?1,489 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jot Sahabaj in?Murshidabad district (Bhagawangola - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jot Sahabaj?65.3% (Census 2011)