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

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Village · Minakhan, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Jhikra

Jhikra is a village in Minakhan sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,846 people in 438 households**, the 43rd largest of 73 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.1%.

- 1,846people (2011)
- 438households
- 78.7%literacy
- 913females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jhikra

Of every 100 households in Jhikra in 2011, 32 had electricity, 72 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jhikra · ■ Minakhan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****72%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****26%**

**14%

Tap water ****1%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**20%

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

**1%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****54%**

**29%

Television ****6%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****42%**

**44%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 · ■ Minakhan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.7%**

**71.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****913**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****960**

**961

Working population ****29.5%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.0% for men and 71.7% for women. 53% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 187 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 245 (45%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 100 (18%) · **■** Marginal 11 (2%)

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 Minakhan

- Phulbari Abad2,206 people
- Madari2,149 people
- Behari2,116 people
- Garabad1,958 people
- Bachhra1,701 people
- Dhuturdaha1,585 people
- Nimchi1,481 people
- Pipuldaha1,417 people

[All 73 villages in Minakhan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/minakhan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jhikra?1,846 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jhikra in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Minakhan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jhikra?78.7% (Census 2011)