# Jirat, Amdanga, North Twenty Four Parganas – Population

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Village · Amdanga, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Jirat

Jirat is a village in [Amdanga](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/amdanga/) sub-district of [North Twenty Four Parganas](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **1,941 people in 492 households**, the 47th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 80.4%.

- 1,941people (2011)
- 492households
- 72.5%literacy
- 928females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jirat

Of every 100 households in Jirat in 2011, 58 had electricity, 72 a toilet at home and 18 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Jirat · ■ Amdanga rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****72%**

**79%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**18%

Tap water ****3%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****41%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****18%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****80%**

**91%

Use banking services ****75%**

**50%

Television ****34%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**3%

None of these assets ****32%**

**18%

Own their home ****84%**

**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 Jirat?

■ Jirat · ■ Amdanga rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.5%**

**80.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****928**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****905**

**969

Working population ****40.5%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.6% for men and 68.2% for women. 60% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 10 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 64 (8%) · **■** Household industry 33 (4%) · **■** Other work 488 (62%) · **■** Marginal 191 (24%)

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 Amdanga

- Baikunthapur1,998 people
- Rautara1,983 people
- Chandigor1,974 people
- Harapur1,969 people
- Mathura1,899 people
- Atghara1,791 people
- Shrirampur1,743 people
- Gajbanda1,713 people

[All 80 villages in Amdanga](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/amdanga/villages/)

## Other places named Jirat

- Jirat · Town, Hugli · 7,430 people
- Jirat · Village, Barasat - I, North Twenty Four Parganas · 5,337 people
- Jirat · Village, Mariahu, Jaunpur · 214 people

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jirat?1,941 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jirat in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Amdanga sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jirat?72.5% (Census 2011)