# Jalbanda Village, Sagardighi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Sagardighi, Murshidabad 

# Jalbanda

Jalbanda is a village in Sagardighi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,169 people in 278 households**, the 88th largest of 178 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%.

- 1,169people (2011)
- 278households
- 68.9%literacy
- 971females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jalbanda

Of every 100 households in Jalbanda in 2011, 33 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jalbanda · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**83%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**18%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****10%**

**20%

Television ****16%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**0%

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

**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 Jalbanda?

■ Jalbanda · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.9%**

**65.3%

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

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****890**

**954

Working population ****32.9%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.1% for men and 61.6% for women. 55% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 85 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 200 (52%) · **■** Household industry 9 (2%) · **■** Other work 48 (12%) · **■** Marginal 43 (11%)

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

- Binodbati1,229 people
- Kamarpara1,229 people
- Imam Nagar1,213 people
- Jaglai1,206 people
- Chak Gopalpur1,156 people
- Biprakali1,142 people
- Arijpur1,127 people
- Baburgram1,092 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jalbanda?1,169 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jalbanda in?Murshidabad district (Sagardighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jalbanda?68.9% (Census 2011)