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

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Village · Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Jhantiband

Jhantiband is a village in Jhargram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **647 people in 140 households**, the 57th largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 647people (2011)
- 140households
- 76.2%literacy
- 949females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jhantiband

Of every 100 households in Jhantiband in 2011, 44 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 78 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Jhantiband · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**86%

Tap water ****55%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**30%

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

**2%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****92%**

**34%

Television ****17%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****78%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****1%**

**17%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Jhantiband?

■ Jhantiband · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.2%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****949**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****905**

**979

Working population ****37.1%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.8% for men and 68.2% for women. 56% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 155 (65%) · **■** Farm labourers 56 (23%) · **■** Other work 6 (2%) · **■** Marginal 23 (10%)

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

- Sardiha660 people
- Salbani655 people
- Bali Bhasha651 people
- Auli Gerya649 people
- Murabani646 people
- Shirshi630 people
- Simli628 people
- Dihi Badina615 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jhantiband?647 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jhantiband in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jhantiband?76.2% (Census 2011)