# Jamal Chak Village, Sutahata, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Sutahata, Purba Medinipur 

# Jamal Chak

Jamal Chak is a village in Sutahata sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,164 people in 248 households**, the 47th largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 85.2%.

- 1,164people (2011)
- 248households
- 85.5%literacy
- 1,010females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jamal Chak

Of every 100 households in Jamal Chak in 2011, 71 had electricity, 92 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Jamal Chak · ■ Sutahata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****71%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****92%**

**76%

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

**20%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**5%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****77%**

**38%

Television ****44%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****4%**

**29%

Own their home ****94%**

**93%

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 Jamal Chak?

■ Jamal Chak · ■ Sutahata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.5%**

**85.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1010**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**974

Working population ****36.5%**

**32.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.9% for men and 81.2% for women. 57% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 4 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 23 (5%) · **■** Other work 257 (60%) · **■** Marginal 141 (33%)

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 Sutahata

- Anantapur1,179 people
- Khanpur1,176 people
- Sahapur1,172 people
- Manirampur1,171 people
- Bangopalpur1,160 people
- Latpatia1,149 people
- Bachalu1,145 people
- Uttar Basulia1,137 people

[All 80 villages in Sutahata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/sutahata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jamal Chak?1,164 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jamal Chak in?Purba Medinipur district (Sutahata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jamal Chak?85.5% (Census 2011)