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

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Village · Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Modaband

Modaband is a village in Jhargram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **136 people in 26 households**, the 356th largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 136people (2011)
- 26households
- 73.7%literacy
- 915females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Modaband

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

■ Modaband · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**38%

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

**14%

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

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****92%**

**30%

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

**2%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****100%**

**34%

Television ****0%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****0%**

**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 Modaband?

■ Modaband · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.7%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****915**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****500**

**979

Working population ****31.6%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.3% for men and 71.2% for women. 55% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Cultivators 1 (2%) · **■** Marginal 42 (98%)

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

- Chhota Jamua138 people
- Durgapur137 people
- Elani137 people
- Pheko137 people
- Jhunjisol135 people
- Debi133 people
- Taldanga131 people
- Antapati130 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Modaband?136 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Modaband in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Modaband?73.7% (Census 2011)