# Jamtagar Village, Barasat - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Barasat - I, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Jamtagar

Jamtagar is a village in Barasat - I sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **762 people in 188 households**, the 64th largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 79.3%.

- 762people (2011)
- 188households
- 81.5%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jamtagar

Of every 100 households in Jamtagar in 2011, 27 had electricity, 70 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Jamtagar · ■ Barasat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**62%

Toilet within the home ****70%**

**82%

No toilet (open defecation) ****30%**

**15%

Tap water ****1%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****37%**

**53%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**78%

Use banking services ****18%**

**46%

Television ****16%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****12%**

**18%

Own their home ****95%**

**92%

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 Jamtagar?

■ Jamtagar · ■ Barasat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.5%**

**79.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1129**

**940

Working population ****38.8%**

**34.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.6% for men and 73.7% for women. 68% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 25 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 75 (25%) · **■** Household industry 11 (4%) · **■** Other work 146 (49%) · **■** Marginal 39 (13%)

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 Barasat - I

- Bazitpur944 people
- Panchghara934 people
- Jalsukha860 people
- Ariala802 people
- Jagannathpur730 people
- Gopalpur714 people
- Ahira693 people
- Rudrapur555 people

[All 70 villages in Barasat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/barasat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jamtagar?762 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jamtagar in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Barasat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jamtagar?81.5% (Census 2011)