# Jhanjha Village, Haroa – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Haroa, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Jhanjha

Jhanjha is a village in Haroa sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,527 people in 339 households**, the 52nd largest of 90 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 1,527people (2011)
- 339households
- 79.3%literacy
- 914females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jhanjha

Of every 100 households in Jhanjha in 2011, 30 had electricity, 79 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jhanjha · ■ Haroa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****79%**

**81%

No toilet (open defecation) ****20%**

**15%

Tap water ****19%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****47%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**94%

Use banking services ****28%**

**39%

Television ****11%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****21%**

**31%

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 Jhanjha?

■ Jhanjha · ■ Haroa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.3%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****914**

**930

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****917**

**947

Working population ****37.1%**

**34.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.6% for men and 71.3% for women. 61% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 55 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 227 (40%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 187 (33%) · **■** Marginal 96 (17%)

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 Haroa

- Tegharia1,728 people
- Bhabanipur1,698 people
- Puratan Kamarganti1,680 people
- Makhali1,539 people
- Mallickpur1,499 people
- Baroj1,488 people
- Kalinagar1,477 people
- Samaspur1,458 people

[All 90 villages in Haroa](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/haroa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jhanjha?1,527 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jhanjha in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Haroa sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jhanjha?79.3% (Census 2011)