# Joypur Village, Khargram, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Khargram, Murshidabad 

# Joypur

Joypur is a village in Khargram sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,249 people in 827 households**, the 23rd largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.6%.

- 3,249people (2011)
- 827households
- 67.6%literacy
- 971females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Joypur

Of every 100 households in Joypur in 2011, 30 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Joypur · ■ Khargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**26%

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

**17%

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

**82%

Tap water ****3%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****13%**

**27%

Television ****12%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****57%**

**53%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Joypur?

■ Joypur · ■ Khargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.6%**

**63.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****971**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****939**

**960

Working population ****37.1%**

**32.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.3% for men and 60.8% for women. 59% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 97 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 410 (34%) · **■** Household industry 27 (2%) · **■** Other work 95 (8%) · **■** Marginal 576 (48%)

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

- Margram3,689 people
- Surkhali3,627 people
- Kelai3,579 people
- Atai3,532 people
- Kanduri3,215 people
- Sabaldaha3,128 people
- Jotseha3,126 people
- Kirttipur3,098 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Joypur?3,249 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Joypur in?Murshidabad district (Khargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Joypur?67.6% (Census 2011)