# Jalukhan Village, Nabagram, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Nabagram, Murshidabad 

# Jalukhan

Jalukhan is a village in Nabagram sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,230 people in 277 households**, the 62nd largest of 109 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.8%.

- 1,230people (2011)
- 277households
- 68.8%literacy
- 952females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jalukhan

Of every 100 households in Jalukhan in 2011, 39 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jalukhan · ■ Nabagram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**76%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**13%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**95%

Use banking services ****96%**

**58%

Television ****21%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****36%**

**37%

Own their home ****97%**

**96%

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 Jalukhan?

■ Jalukhan · ■ Nabagram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.8%**

**70.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****952**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1062**

**965

Working population ****40.5%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.6% for men and 59.4% for women. 58% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 71 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 362 (73%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 55 (11%) · **■** Marginal 9 (2%)

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 Nabagram

- Jay Krishnapur1,377 people
- Karjora1,302 people
- Kanakpara1,262 people
- Gorara1,252 people
- Hijrol1,212 people
- Ayra1,167 people
- Digari1,165 people
- Garsama1,161 people

[All 118 villages in Nabagram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/nabagram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jalukhan?1,230 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jalukhan in?Murshidabad district (Nabagram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jalukhan?68.8% (Census 2011)