# Jhapa Village, Deganga – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Deganga, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Jhapa

Jhapa is a village in Deganga sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **934 people in 192 households**, the 95th largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.5%.

- 934people (2011)
- 192households
- 87.8%literacy
- 1,030females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jhapa

Of every 100 households in Jhapa in 2011, 73 had electricity, 93 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 80 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Jhapa · ■ Deganga rural average

Electricity for lighting ****73%**

**43%

Toilet within the home ****93%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**8%

Tap water ****1%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****39%**

**42%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**90%

Use banking services ****47%**

**42%

Television ****22%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****80%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****4%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**95%

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 Jhapa?

■ Jhapa · ■ Deganga rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.8%**

**79.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1030**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1264**

**969

Working population ****33.2%**

**35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.9% for men and 84.8% for women. 61% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 94 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 33 (11%) · **■** Household industry 11 (4%) · **■** Other work 167 (54%) · **■** Marginal 5 (2%)

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 Deganga

- Rampur1,086 people
- Mahabbatpur1,073 people
- Mobarakpur1,006 people
- Hosenpur994 people
- Mogal Nagar892 people
- Parulia Madhabpur888 people
- Bajit Nagar867 people
- Mamurabad762 people

[All 107 villages in Deganga](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/deganga/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jhapa?934 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jhapa in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Deganga sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jhapa?87.8% (Census 2011)