# Jashar Village, Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur 

# Jashar

Jashar is a village in Kolaghat sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,032 people in 449 households**, the 47th largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.

- 2,032people (2011)
- 449households
- 86.9%literacy
- 979females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jashar

Of every 100 households in Jashar in 2011, 79 had electricity, 72 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Jashar · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****79%**

**61%

Toilet within the home ****72%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****28%**

**19%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****52%**

**90%

Use banking services ****82%**

**44%

Television ****48%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**17%

Own their home ****97%**

**97%

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 Jashar?

■ Jashar · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.9%**

**84.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****979**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1158**

**942

Working population ****34.6%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.1% for men and 81.6% for women. 62% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 92 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 59 (8%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 343 (49%) · **■** Marginal 206 (29%)

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 Kolaghat

- Bardabar2,296 people
- Bagicha Kumar Chak2,292 people
- Bordangi2,222 people
- Kashigori2,186 people
- Durbachati1,968 people
- Kanai Chak1,964 people
- Kunarhat1,933 people
- Dhuliara1,899 people

[All 109 villages in Kolaghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/kolaghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jashar?2,032 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jashar in?Purba Medinipur district (Kolaghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jashar?86.9% (Census 2011)