# Jalgoda Village, Dantan - II, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Dantan - II, Paschim Medinipur 

# Jalgoda

Jalgoda is a village in Dantan - II sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,244 people in 253 households**, the 43rd largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 82.5%.

- 1,244people (2011)
- 253households
- 84.1%literacy
- 896females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jalgoda

Of every 100 households in Jalgoda in 2011, 62 had electricity, 92 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jalgoda · ■ Dantan - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****92%**

**82%

No toilet (open defecation) ****8%**

**17%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****18%**

**60%

Television ****15%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**14%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Jalgoda?

■ Jalgoda · ■ Dantan - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.1%**

**82.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****896**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****880**

**953

Working population ****54.0%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.2% for men and 76.2% for women. 58% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 284 (42%) · **■** Farm labourers 18 (3%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 28 (4%) · **■** Marginal 337 (50%)

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 Dantan - II

- Belda1,363 people
- Babla1,360 people
- Narayan Chak1,273 people
- Amarda1,262 people
- Kasnmali1,244 people
- Lalpur1,244 people
- Japhala1,218 people
- Krishnapur1,198 people

[All 128 villages in Dantan - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/dantan-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jalgoda?1,244 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jalgoda in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jalgoda?84.1% (Census 2011)