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

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Village · Salbani, Paschim Medinipur 

# Jarka

Jarka is a village in Salbani sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **618 people in 122 households**, the 102nd largest of 411 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.9%.

- 618people (2011)
- 122households
- 69.3%literacy
- 1,081females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jarka

Of every 100 households in Jarka in 2011, 90 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jarka · ■ Salbani rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**59%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**79%

Tap water ****0%**

**21%

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

**16%

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

**6%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****7%**

**52%

Television ****22%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**11%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**15%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Jarka?

■ Jarka · ■ Salbani rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.3%**

**74.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1081**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1242**

**991

Working population ****53.4%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.7% for men and 58.6% for women. 55% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 78 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 77 (23%) · **■** Other work 15 (5%) · **■** Marginal 160 (48%)

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

- Jara634 people
- Jaypur629 people
- Andharmara625 people
- Kushtara625 people
- Panison614 people
- Nadarya613 people
- Gohaldanga600 people
- Palaibani600 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jarka?618 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jarka in?Paschim Medinipur district (Salbani sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jarka?69.3% (Census 2011)