# Joka Village, Bongaon – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Joka

Joka is a village in Bongaon sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **692 people in 175 households**, the 141st largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 93.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 692people (2011)
- 175households
- 93.2%literacy
- 977females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Joka

Of every 100 households in Joka in 2011, 31 had electricity, 95 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Joka · ■ Bongaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****95%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****5%**

**19%

Tap water ****1%**

**10%

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

**56%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**92%

Use banking services ****37%**

**38%

Television ****16%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****29%**

**22%

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 Joka?

■ Joka · ■ Bongaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****93.2%**

**79.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****977**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1136**

**962

Working population ****43.9%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.8% for men and 87.4% for women. 69% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 75 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 117 (38%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 106 (35%) · **■** Marginal 3 (1%)

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

- Majdob772 people
- Janipur725 people
- Magurkhali719 people
- Asurhat716 people
- Berkrishnapur690 people
- Talkola686 people
- Kaikhali569 people
- Pathantala535 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 Joka?692 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Joka in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Joka?93.2% (Census 2011)