# Jaypur Village, Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Jaypur

Jaypur is a village in Jhargram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **489 people in 95 households**, the 114th largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 489people (2011)
- 95households
- 57.5%literacy
- 895females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jaypur

Of every 100 households in Jaypur in 2011, 36 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jaypur · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**86%

Tap water ****2%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**30%

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

**2%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****32%**

**34%

Television ****23%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**17%

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 Jaypur?

■ Jaypur · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.5%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****895**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****969**

**979

Working population ****30.9%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.7% for men and 50.5% for women. 54% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 4 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 139 (92%) · **■** Other work 6 (4%) · **■** Marginal 2 (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 Jhargram

- Giria499 people
- Chhota Gahira493 people
- Nuagarh493 people
- Sapdhara493 people
- Khanakul489 people
- Patashimul486 people
- Burimol484 people
- Dhangri484 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jaypur?489 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jaypur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jaypur?57.5% (Census 2011)