# Jharkoshbar Village, Contai - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Jharkoshbar

Jharkoshbar is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **233 people in 49 households**, the 184th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 233people (2011)
- 49households
- 86.5%literacy
- 942females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jharkoshbar

Of every 100 households in Jharkoshbar in 2011, 64 had electricity, 92 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jharkoshbar · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**51%

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

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****6%**

**5%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**15%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****74%**

**91%

Use banking services ****4%**

**43%

Television ****2%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****46%**

**25%

Own their home ****78%**

**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 Jharkoshbar?

■ Jharkoshbar · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.5%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****942**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****2125**

**956

Working population ****34.3%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.6% for men and 77.1% for women. 63% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 11 (14%) · **■** Other work 17 (21%) · **■** Marginal 52 (65%)

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 Contai - I

- Chhatradhara260 people
- Mankarai Put250 people
- Baidyaharana247 people
- Raghu Sardar Bar238 people
- Uttar Bahulia232 people
- Kulaipadima230 people
- Rasulpur230 people
- Gahira Bar229 people

[All 225 villages in Contai - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jharkoshbar?233 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jharkoshbar in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jharkoshbar?86.5% (Census 2011)