# Jalkadanga Village, Kharagpur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kharagpur - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Jalkadanga

Jalkadanga is a village in Kharagpur - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **169 people in 40 households**, the 189th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 169people (2011)
- 40households
- 70.5%literacy
- 920females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jalkadanga

Of every 100 households in Jalkadanga in 2011, 95 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jalkadanga · ■ Kharagpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**58%

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

**34%

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

**66%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**41%

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

**9%

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

**83%

Use banking services ****15%**

**46%

Television ****10%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**15%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****5%**

**15%

Own their home ****100%**

**95%

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 Jalkadanga?

■ Jalkadanga · ■ Kharagpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.5%**

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****920**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****857**

**971

Working population ****43.2%**

**40.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.2% for men and 60.0% for women. 44% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 4 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 35 (48%) · **■** Other work 1 (1%) · **■** Marginal 33 (45%)

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 Kharagpur - I

- Benasol185 people
- Kusumabag184 people
- Japli178 people
- Kismatballa170 people
- Kamalpur166 people
- Ramchandrapur161 people
- Baghakoli159 people
- Shirsi156 people

[All 268 villages in Kharagpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/kharagpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jalkadanga?169 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jalkadanga in?Paschim Medinipur district (Kharagpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jalkadanga?70.5% (Census 2011)