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

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Village · Gaighata, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Jhikra

Jhikra is a village in Gaighata sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,968 people in 476 households**, the 56th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 1,968people (2011)
- 476households
- 76.8%literacy
- 896females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jhikra

Of every 100 households in Jhikra in 2011, 75 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 79 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jhikra · ■ Gaighata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****75%**

**59%

Toilet within the home ****90%**

**95%

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

**3%

Tap water ****4%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**91%

Use banking services ****69%**

**47%

Television ****53%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****79%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**6%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****2%**

**17%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Jhikra?

■ Jhikra · ■ Gaighata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.8%**

**81.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****896**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****860**

**965

Working population ****37.4%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.6% for men and 69.3% for women. 63% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 224 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 277 (38%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 159 (22%) · **■** Marginal 68 (9%)

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

- Maraldanga2,039 people
- Singjol2,035 people
- Dhankuni2,030 people
- Mahishakati1,972 people
- Amankandia1,965 people
- Chaugachha1,923 people
- Jamdani1,923 people
- Tegharia1,920 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 Jhikra?1,968 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jhikra in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Gaighata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jhikra?76.8% (Census 2011)