# Jayantipur Village, Bongaon – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Jayantipur

Jayantipur is a village in Bongaon sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,690 people in 582 households**, the 51st largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 2,690people (2011)
- 582households
- 76.1%literacy
- 863females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jayantipur

Of every 100 households in Jayantipur in 2011, 59 had electricity, 86 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Jayantipur · ■ Bongaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****59%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****86%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****13%**

**19%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****62%**

**56%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**92%

Use banking services ****28%**

**38%

Television ****44%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**5%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****9%**

**22%

Own their home ****91%**

**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 Jayantipur?

■ Jayantipur · ■ Bongaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.1%**

**79.7%

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

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****946**

**962

Working population ****39.9%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.5% for men and 71.0% for women. 61% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 276 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 89 (8%) · **■** Household industry 18 (2%) · **■** Other work 362 (34%) · **■** Marginal 329 (31%)

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 Bongaon

- Patshimulia2,796 people
- Dharmmapukuria2,776 people
- Ambarpur2,734 people
- Ghatbaor2,711 people
- Dakshin Baliadanga2,634 people
- Nishchintapur2,617 people
- Mamudpur2,554 people
- Banglani2,546 people

[All 150 villages in Bongaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/bongaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jayantipur?2,690 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jayantipur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jayantipur?76.1% (Census 2011)