# Jhau Mahal Village, Ranaghat - I, Nadia (West Bengal)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/ranaghat-i/jhau-mahal/

Village · Ranaghat - I, Nadia 

# Jhau Mahal

Jhau Mahal is a village in Ranaghat - I sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **471 people in 133 households**, the 44th largest of 55 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.8%.

- 471people (2011)
- 133households
- 80.3%literacy
- 996females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jhau Mahal

Of every 100 households in Jhau Mahal in 2011, 45 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jhau Mahal · ■ Ranaghat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**60%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**77%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**22%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

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

**67%

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

**5%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****62%**

**38%

Television ****10%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**19%

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 Jhau Mahal?

■ Jhau Mahal · ■ Ranaghat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.3%**

**74.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****996**

**929

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1045**

**939

Working population ****34.0%**

**36.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.6% for men and 76.9% for women. 65% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 64 (40%) · **■** Farm labourers 56 (35%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 35 (22%) · **■** Marginal 4 (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 Ranaghat - I

- Bara Kulta938 people
- Gagrakhali879 people
- Bagrail700 people
- Aram Danga643 people
- Gilapol388 people
- Sarkarpur373 people
- Sat Sambhuganj265 people
- Nakadi260 people

[All 60 villages in Ranaghat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/ranaghat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jhau Mahal?471 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jhau Mahal in?Nadia district (Ranaghat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jhau Mahal?80.3% (Census 2011)