# Jamira Village, Chandrakona - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Chandrakona - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Jamira

Jamira is a village in Chandrakona - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **703 people in 144 households**, the 71st largest of 126 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.9%.

- 703people (2011)
- 144households
- 84.5%literacy
- 1,020females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jamira

Of every 100 households in Jamira in 2011, 42 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jamira · ■ Chandrakona - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**53%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**66%

Tap water ****28%**

**29%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**93%

Use banking services ****57%**

**32%

Television ****20%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**20%

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 Jamira?

■ Jamira · ■ Chandrakona - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.5%**

**78.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1020**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1333**

**950

Working population ****35.3%**

**39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.5% for men and 78.5% for women. 59% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 32 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 111 (45%) · **■** Other work 11 (4%) · **■** Marginal 94 (38%)

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 Chandrakona - I

- Lorpur768 people
- Kochgerya Ramchak766 people
- Gangcha761 people
- Bamnia738 people
- Doyan695 people
- Karanji682 people
- Guchure680 people
- Harinarayanpur664 people

[All 132 villages in Chandrakona - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/chandrakona-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jamira?703 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jamira in?Paschim Medinipur district (Chandrakona - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jamira?84.5% (Census 2011)