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

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Village · Haroa, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Jhinkia

Jhinkia is a village in Haroa sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,234 people in 251 households**, the 59th largest of 90 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 1,234people (2011)
- 251households
- 89.2%literacy
- 901females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jhinkia

Of every 100 households in Jhinkia in 2011, 26 had electricity, 77 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jhinkia · ■ Haroa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****77%**

**81%

No toilet (open defecation) ****23%**

**15%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**94%

Use banking services ****10%**

**39%

Television ****2%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****39%**

**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 Jhinkia?

■ Jhinkia · ■ Haroa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.2%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****901**

**930

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****977**

**947

Working population ****31.2%**

**34.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.9% for men and 85.0% for women. 55% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 98 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 38 (10%) · **■** Household industry 30 (8%) · **■** Other work 177 (46%) · **■** Marginal 42 (11%)

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

- Kalinagar1,477 people
- Samaspur1,458 people
- Baganati1,440 people
- Haldaha1,353 people
- Ramnathpur1,208 people
- Mathura1,201 people
- Ramnagar1,079 people
- Parchandpur1,072 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 Jhinkia?1,234 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jhinkia in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Haroa sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jhinkia?89.2% (Census 2011)