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

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Village · Deganga, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Jhikra

Jhikra is a village in Deganga sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,315 people in 996 households**, the 21st largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 79.5%.

- 4,315people (2011)
- 996households
- 81.4%literacy
- 967females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jhikra

Of every 100 households in Jhikra in 2011, 16 had electricity, 71 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jhikra · ■ Deganga rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**43%

Toilet within the home ****71%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****26%**

**8%

Tap water ****6%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**42%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**90%

Use banking services ****19%**

**42%

Television ****8%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****60%**

**22%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Jhikra?

■ Jhikra · ■ Deganga rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.4%**

**79.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****967**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****989**

**969

Working population ****31.8%**

**35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.1% for men and 76.5% for women. 57% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 484 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 470 (34%) · **■** Household industry 179 (13%) · **■** Other work 104 (8%) · **■** Marginal 135 (10%)

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

- Biswanathpur4,585 people
- Basudebpur4,580 people
- Amulia4,443 people
- Khejurdanga4,370 people
- Fazilpur4,084 people
- Belgachhia4,026 people
- Shwetpur3,989 people
- Gobardhanpur3,985 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 Jhikra?4,315 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jhikra in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Deganga sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jhikra?81.4% (Census 2011)