# Jhawa Village, Deshopran, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Deshopran, Purba Medinipur 

# Jhawa

Jhawa is a village in Deshopran sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,813 people in 396 households**, the 22nd largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 88.6%.

- 1,813people (2011)
- 396households
- 87.9%literacy
- 906females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jhawa

Of every 100 households in Jhawa in 2011, 12 had electricity, 86 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jhawa · ■ Deshopran rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****86%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****5%**

**9%

Tap water ****0%**

**17%

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

**7%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**88%

Use banking services ****61%**

**35%

Television ****2%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****31%**

**30%

Own their home ****96%**

**94%

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 Jhawa?

■ Jhawa · ■ Deshopran rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.9%**

**88.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****906**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****788**

**949

Working population ****35.0%**

**37.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.7% for men and 82.7% for women. 63% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 51 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 252 (40%) · **■** Household industry 10 (2%) · **■** Other work 64 (10%) · **■** Marginal 257 (41%)

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 Deshopran

- Purba Amtalia1,878 people
- Bara Subarnanagar1,871 people
- Dakshin Paikbar1,869 people
- Prakash Kultalia 1st Part1,815 people
- Kajla1,810 people
- Maishamura1,792 people
- Hinchi1,782 people
- Durgapur1,757 people

[All 168 villages in Deshopran](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/deshopran/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jhawa?1,813 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jhawa in?Purba Medinipur district (Deshopran sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jhawa?87.9% (Census 2011)