# Jara Village, Salbani, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/salbani/jara/

Village · Salbani, Paschim Medinipur 

# Jara

Jara is a village in Salbani sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **634 people in 126 households**, the 98th largest of 411 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.9%.

- 634people (2011)
- 126households
- 72.1%literacy
- 921females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jara

Of every 100 households in Jara in 2011, 31 had electricity, 57 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jara · ■ Salbani rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**59%

Toilet within the home ****57%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****41%**

**79%

Tap water ****0%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**93%

Use banking services ****6%**

**52%

Television ****11%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**11%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**15%

Own their home ****99%**

**96%

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 Jara?

■ Jara · ■ Salbani rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.1%**

**74.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****921**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****821**

**991

Working population ****39.7%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.4% for men and 63.2% for women. 57% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 10 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 24 (10%) · **■** Marginal 217 (86%)

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 Salbani

- Poradiha659 people
- Bayla647 people
- Shal Dahara643 people
- Khayerdanga640 people
- Jaypur629 people
- Andharmara625 people
- Kushtara625 people
- Jarka618 people

[All 528 villages in Salbani](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/salbani/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jara?634 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jara in?Paschim Medinipur district (Salbani sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jara?72.1% (Census 2011)