# Janka Village, Khejuri - II, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Khejuri - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Janka

Janka is a village in Khejuri - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,804 people in 554 households**, the 12th largest of 97 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 85.4%.

- 2,804people (2011)
- 554households
- 90.1%literacy
- 931females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Janka

Of every 100 households in Janka in 2011, 55 had electricity, 86 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Janka · ■ Khejuri - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****55%**

**26%

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

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****8%**

**9%

Tap water ****7%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**96%

Use banking services ****24%**

**36%

Television ****20%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****24%**

**28%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Janka?

■ Janka · ■ Khejuri - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.1%**

**85.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****931**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****960**

**977

Working population ****37.2%**

**33.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.6% for men and 86.4% for women. 56% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 228 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 57 (5%) · **■** Household industry 12 (1%) · **■** Other work 272 (26%) · **■** Marginal 473 (45%)

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 Khejuri - II

- Ram Chak3,006 people
- Mundamari2,907 people
- Halud Bari2,849 people
- Boga2,824 people
- Kartik Khali2,772 people
- Ajan Bari2,474 people
- Nijkashba2,435 people
- Mada Khali2,323 people

[All 99 villages in Khejuri - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/khejuri-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Janka?2,804 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Janka in?Purba Medinipur district (Khejuri - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Janka?90.1% (Census 2011)