# Jaglai Village, Sagardighi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Sagardighi, Murshidabad 

# Jaglai

Jaglai is a village in Sagardighi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,206 people in 283 households**, the 87th largest of 178 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%.

- 1,206people (2011)
- 283households
- 66.8%literacy
- 933females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jaglai

Of every 100 households in Jaglai in 2011, 7 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jaglai · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**83%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**18%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****1%**

**20%

Television ****9%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****46%**

**39%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Jaglai?

■ Jaglai · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.8%**

**65.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****933**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****845**

**954

Working population ****39.6%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.2% for men and 61.1% for women. 58% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 60 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 225 (47%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 44 (9%) · **■** Marginal 144 (30%)

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 Sagardighi

- Bajitpur1,231 people
- Binodbati1,229 people
- Kamarpara1,229 people
- Imam Nagar1,213 people
- Jalbanda1,169 people
- Chak Gopalpur1,156 people
- Biprakali1,142 people
- Arijpur1,127 people

[All 197 villages in Sagardighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/sagardighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jaglai?1,206 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jaglai in?Murshidabad district (Sagardighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jaglai?66.8% (Census 2011)