# Jhaudanga Village, Gaighata – Population & Literacy

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Village · Gaighata, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Jhaudanga

Jhaudanga is a village in Gaighata sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,476 people in 839 households**, the 26th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 3,476people (2011)
- 839households
- 81.8%literacy
- 924females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jhaudanga

Of every 100 households in Jhaudanga in 2011, 62 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Jhaudanga · ■ Gaighata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**59%

Toilet within the home ****94%**

**95%

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

**3%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**46%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**91%

Use banking services ****48%**

**47%

Television ****42%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**6%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****17%**

**17%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Jhaudanga?

■ Jhaudanga · ■ Gaighata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.8%**

**81.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****924**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****899**

**965

Working population ****38.3%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.5% for men and 76.8% for women. 63% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 212 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 460 (35%) · **■** Household industry 95 (7%) · **■** Other work 372 (28%) · **■** Marginal 191 (14%)

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 Gaighata

- Baghna3,639 people
- Rajapur3,621 people
- Deopuli3,583 people
- Barasehana3,495 people
- Dogachhia3,426 people
- Gazna3,238 people
- Tentulbaria3,178 people
- Amkola3,175 people

[All 100 villages in Gaighata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/gaighata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jhaudanga?3,476 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jhaudanga in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Gaighata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jhaudanga?81.8% (Census 2011)