# Jamua Village, Mohanpur, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Mohanpur, Paschim Medinipur 

# Jamua

Jamua is a village in Mohanpur sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **880 people in 202 households**, the 48th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 80.5%.

- 880people (2011)
- 202households
- 81.3%literacy
- 978females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jamua

Of every 100 households in Jamua in 2011, 28 had electricity, 91 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jamua · ■ Mohanpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****91%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****9%**

**19%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****64%**

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**98%

Use banking services ****52%**

**43%

Television ****16%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Jamua?

■ Jamua · ■ Mohanpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.3%**

**80.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****978**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1104**

**946

Working population ****34.4%**

**34.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.2% for men and 72.0% for women. 61% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 34 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 231 (76%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 25 (8%) · **■** Marginal 11 (4%)

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 Mohanpur

- Bangjhatia957 people
- Bikpura941 people
- Palashia930 people
- Chaita915 people
- Mathuribar874 people
- Akhpura838 people
- Garura792 people
- Begunia791 people

[All 103 villages in Mohanpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/mohanpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jamua?880 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jamua in?Paschim Medinipur district (Mohanpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jamua?81.3% (Census 2011)