# Bodakata Village, Jamboni, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Jamboni, Paschim Medinipur 

# Bodakata

Bodakata is a village in Jamboni sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **73 people in 16 households**, the 247th largest of 281 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.6%.

- 73people (2011)
- 16households
- 62.5%literacy
- 1,212females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bodakata

Of every 100 households in Bodakata in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bodakata · ■ Jamboni rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**89%

Tap water ****75%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**26%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**98%

Use banking services ****12%**

**25%

Television ****0%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****75%**

**23%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Bodakata?

■ Bodakata · ■ Jamboni rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.5%**

**72.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1212**

**965

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****2000**

**960

Working population ****60.3%**

**45.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.3% for men and 44.1% for women. 61% of men and 60% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 9 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (5%) · **■** Other work 1 (2%) · **■** Marginal 32 (73%)

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 Jamboni

- Chhota Bankata91 people
- Phulbahara85 people
- Ranijhor82 people
- Ketkanda74 people
- Ahar Mura72 people
- Parulia72 people
- Kuldiha69 people
- Beldangri68 people

[All 338 villages in Jamboni](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/jamboni/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bodakata?73 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bodakata in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jamboni sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bodakata?62.5% (Census 2011)