Village · Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur
# Jhakurkol

Jhakurkol is a village in Kolaghat sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 2,721 people in 608 households, the 34th largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 93.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.
- 2,721 people (2011)
- 608 households
- 93.1% literacy
- 914 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jhakurkol

Of every 100 households in Jhakurkol in 2011, 68 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Jhakurkol · ■ Kolaghat rural average
- Electricity for lighting 68% 61%
- Toilet within the home 97% 76%
- No toilet (open defecation) 2% 19%
- Tap water 0% 4%
- Drinking water within premises 5% 7%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 3% 4%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 92% 90%
- Use banking services 70% 44%
- Television 24% 31%
- Mobile phone 52% 50%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 6% 7%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 1%
- None of these assets 12% 17%
- Own their home 100% 97%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Jhakurkol?

■ Jhakurkol · ■ Kolaghat rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 93.1% 84.5%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 914 928
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 919 942
- Working population 37.0% 38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.4% for men and 89.5% for women. 57% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 68 (7%) · ■ Farm labourers 65 (6%) · ■ Household industry 22 (2%) · ■ Other work 509 (51%) · ■ Marginal 342 (34%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Kolaghat
- Namalbar 2,900 people
- Japhali 2,806 people
- Deulbar 2,765 people
- Pyarit 2,760 people
- Manua 2,601 people
- Gurchakil 2,599 people
- Kala Gechhya 2,584 people
- Chapda 2,494 people

All 109 villages in Kolaghat

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Jhakurkol? 2,721 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jhakurkol in? Purba Medinipur district (Kolaghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jhakurkol? 93.1% (Census 2011)

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