# Jaynagar Village, Sutahata, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Sutahata, Purba Medinipur 

# Jaynagar

Jaynagar is a village in Sutahata sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,610 people in 782 households**, the 5th largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 85.2%.

- 3,610people (2011)
- 782households
- 82.9%literacy
- 961females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jaynagar

Of every 100 households in Jaynagar in 2011, 32 had electricity, 82 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Jaynagar · ■ Sutahata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****82%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****15%**

**20%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**90%

Use banking services ****41%**

**38%

Television ****11%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****18%**

**29%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Jaynagar?

■ Jaynagar · ■ Sutahata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.9%**

**85.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****961**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1088**

**974

Working population ****30.4%**

**32.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.6% for men and 75.7% for women. 53% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 84 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 203 (19%) · **■** Household industry 21 (2%) · **■** Other work 330 (30%) · **■** Marginal 459 (42%)

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

- Hariballabhpur4,153 people
- Krishna Nagar3,930 people
- Guaberia3,896 people
- Gobindapur3,712 people
- Dhenkua3,414 people
- Baneswar Chak3,293 people
- Chaitanyapur3,169 people
- Erekhali3,074 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jaynagar?3,610 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jaynagar in?Purba Medinipur district (Sutahata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jaynagar?82.9% (Census 2011)