# Jhalgachhi Village, Rajarhat – Population & Literacy

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Village · Rajarhat, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Jhalgachhi

Jhalgachhi is a village in Rajarhat sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,641 people in 344 households**, the 26th largest of 30 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.9%.

- 1,641people (2011)
- 344households
- 75.5%literacy
- 871females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jhalgachhi

Of every 100 households in Jhalgachhi in 2011, 70 had electricity, 78 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Jhalgachhi · ■ Rajarhat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**81%

Toilet within the home ****78%**

**88%

No toilet (open defecation) ****22%**

**11%

Tap water ****7%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**27%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**68%

Use banking services ****25%**

**58%

Television ****30%**

**54%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**4%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**19%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**6%

None of these assets ****9%**

**8%

Own their home ****96%**

**92%

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 Jhalgachhi?

■ Jhalgachhi · ■ Rajarhat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.5%**

**81.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****871**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****910**

**915

Working population ****32.5%**

**31.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.9% for men and 75.0% for women. 58% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 112 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 84 (16%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 329 (62%) · **■** Marginal 4 (1%)

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 Rajarhat

- Ganragari1,907 people
- Chhota Chanpur1,820 people
- Kalaberia1,794 people
- Kalikapur1,666 people
- Bagu1,435 people
- Arbelia964 people
- Khamar827 people
- Umarhati779 people

[All 31 villages in Rajarhat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/rajarhat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jhalgachhi?1,641 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jhalgachhi in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Rajarhat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jhalgachhi?75.5% (Census 2011)