Village · Haroa, North Twenty Four Parganas
# Jhujargachha

Jhujargachha is a village in Haroa sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,056 people in 224 households, the 65th largest of 90 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.
- 1,056 people (2011)
- 224 households
- 73.8% literacy
- 941 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jhujargachha

Of every 100 households in Jhujargachha in 2011, 29 had electricity, 81 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Jhujargachha · ■ Haroa rural average
- Electricity for lighting 29% 38%
- Toilet within the home 81% 81%
- No toilet (open defecation) 19% 15%
- Tap water 0% 6%
- Drinking water within premises 34% 32%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 3%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 94%
- Use banking services 88% 39%
- Television 8% 15%
- Mobile phone 45% 37%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 12% 6%
- Car / jeep / van 2% 2%
- None of these assets 24% 31%
- Own their home 98% 97%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Jhujargachha?

■ Jhujargachha · ■ Haroa rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 73.8% 73.1%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 941 930
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 741 947
- Working population 30.5% 34.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.3% for men and 70.1% for women. 56% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 55 (17%) · ■ Farm labourers 74 (23%) · ■ Household industry 1 (0%) · ■ Other work 165 (51%) · ■ Marginal 27 (8%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Haroa
- Mathura 1,201 people
- Ramnagar 1,079 people
- Parchandpur 1,072 people
- Khordachandpur 1,065 people
- Bhubanpur 1,015 people
- Garainagar 1,010 people
- Dirghadaria 994 people
- Amta 972 people

All 90 villages in Haroa

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Jhujargachha? 1,056 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jhujargachha in? North Twenty Four Parganas district (Haroa sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jhujargachha? 73.8% (Census 2011)

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