# Jhikra Village, Bagda – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Bagda, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Jhikra

Jhikra is a village in Bagda sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,142 people in 285 households**, the 81st largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.3%.

- 1,142people (2011)
- 285households
- 72.7%literacy
- 863females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jhikra

Of every 100 households in Jhikra in 2011, 64 had electricity, 87 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jhikra · ■ Bagda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****87%**

**91%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**7%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****54%**

**63%

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

**3%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****28%**

**41%

Television ****21%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****22%**

**21%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Jhikra?

■ Jhikra · ■ Bagda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.7%**

**75.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****863**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****667**

**970

Working population ****43.3%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.6% for men and 67.1% for women. 64% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 152 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 147 (30%) · **■** Household industry 15 (3%) · **■** Other work 167 (34%) · **■** Marginal 14 (3%)

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 Bagda

- Patkelgachha1,235 people
- Uttar Chamigachhi1,215 people
- Patkelpota1,214 people
- Purbba Hunda1,153 people
- Monoharpur Chak1,098 people
- Baranasipur1,084 people
- Jhaukhali1,084 people
- Ainshghata1,072 people

[All 108 villages in Bagda](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/bagda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jhikra?1,142 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jhikra in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bagda sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jhikra?72.7% (Census 2011)