# Arjun Dahar Village, Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Arjun Dahar

Arjun Dahar is a village in Jhargram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **87 people in 22 households**, the 395th largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 87people (2011)
- 22households
- 85.5%literacy
- 1,071females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Arjun Dahar

Of every 100 households in Arjun Dahar in 2011, 82 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 41 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Arjun Dahar · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****82%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**30%

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

**2%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****50%**

**34%

Television ****41%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****41%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****4%**

**17%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Arjun Dahar?

■ Arjun Dahar · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.5%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1071**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**979

Working population ****36.8%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.5% for men and 74.4% for women. 64% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 7 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (12%) · **■** Other work 17 (53%) · **■** Marginal 4 (12%)

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 Jhargram

- Guredanga91 people
- Nityananda Pur90 people
- Angarkuria89 people
- Gola Ghutia88 people
- Radhamahuli86 people
- Sikrakhali85 people
- Bhandari Kata84 people
- Pathar Ghata84 people

[All 604 villages in Jhargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/jhargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Arjun Dahar?87 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Arjun Dahar in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Arjun Dahar?85.5% (Census 2011)