# Jalpai Village, Nanda Kumar, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Nanda Kumar, Purba Medinipur 

# Jalpai

Jalpai is a village in Nanda Kumar sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **19,447 people in 4,305 households**, the 1st largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 85.6%.

- 19,447people (2011)
- 4,305households
- 82.8%literacy
- 934females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jalpai

Of every 100 households in Jalpai in 2011, 33 had electricity, 76 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Jalpai · ■ Nanda Kumar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****76%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****23%**

**17%

Tap water ****17%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**5%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**89%

Use banking services ****34%**

**39%

Television ****12%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**34%

Own their home ****89%**

**95%

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 Jalpai?

■ Jalpai · ■ Nanda Kumar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.8%**

**85.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****934**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****907**

**940

Working population ****41.5%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.2% for men and 78.1% for women. 57% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 758 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,014 (13%) · **■** Household industry 362 (4%) · **■** Other work 2,474 (31%) · **■** Marginal 3,454 (43%)

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 Nanda Kumar

- Saorabere Jalpai14,774 people
- Bar Godagudar11,660 people
- Kunar Chak9,198 people
- Sitalpur8,807 people

[All 101 villages in Nanda Kumar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/nanda-kumar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jalpai?19,447 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jalpai in?Purba Medinipur district (Nanda Kumar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jalpai?82.8% (Census 2011)