# Jot Bhikhan Village, Lalgola, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Lalgola, Murshidabad 

# Jot Bhikhan

Jot Bhikhan is a village in Lalgola sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,020 people in 493 households**, the 44th largest of 84 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.3%.

- 2,020people (2011)
- 493households
- 67.6%literacy
- 954females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jot Bhikhan

Of every 100 households in Jot Bhikhan in 2011, 22 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Jot Bhikhan · ■ Lalgola rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**39%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**59%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**38%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****10%**

**89%

Use banking services ****20%**

**25%

Television ****4%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****38%**

**38%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Bhikhan?

■ Jot Bhikhan · ■ Lalgola rural average

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

**64.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****954**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****885**

**977

Working population ****28.1%**

**34.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.6% for men and 67.7% for women. 50% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 28 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 223 (39%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 168 (30%) · **■** Marginal 145 (26%)

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 Lalgola

- Malatipur2,173 people
- Kesabpur2,150 people
- Gouridaspur2,074 people
- Dakshin Ashria Daha2,039 people
- Gayespur1,969 people
- Sarpakhia1,908 people
- Sagia1,747 people
- Durgapur1,724 people

[All 94 villages in Lalgola](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/lalgola/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jot Bhikhan?2,020 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jot Bhikhan in?Murshidabad district (Lalgola sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jot Bhikhan?67.6% (Census 2011)