# Jotseha Village, Khargram, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Khargram, Murshidabad 

# Jotseha

Jotseha is a village in Khargram sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,126 people in 711 households**, the 26th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 63.6%.

- 3,126people (2011)
- 711households
- 63.3%literacy
- 992females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jotseha

Of every 100 households in Jotseha in 2011, 42 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Jotseha · ■ Khargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**82%

Tap water ****1%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**95%

Use banking services ****23%**

**27%

Television ****25%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**0%

None of these assets ****48%**

**53%

Own their home ****93%**

**95%

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 Jotseha?

■ Jotseha · ■ Khargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.3%**

**63.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****992**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****962**

**960

Working population ****32.5%**

**32.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.9% for men and 59.6% for women. 54% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 101 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 327 (32%) · **■** Household industry 68 (7%) · **■** Other work 144 (14%) · **■** Marginal 376 (37%)

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 Khargram

- Atai3,532 people
- Joypur3,249 people
- Kanduri3,215 people
- Sabaldaha3,128 people
- Kirttipur3,098 people
- Bele3,040 people
- Haripur3,039 people
- Bhabani Nagar2,959 people

[All 155 villages in Khargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/khargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jotseha?3,126 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jotseha in?Murshidabad district (Khargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jotseha?63.3% (Census 2011)