# Jotankur Village, Tamluk, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tamluk, Purba Medinipur 

# Jotankur

Jotankur is a village in Tamluk sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,474 people in 340 households**, the 58th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.9%.

- 1,474people (2011)
- 340households
- 90.2%literacy
- 863females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jotankur

Of every 100 households in Jotankur in 2011, 64 had electricity, 80 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Jotankur · ■ Tamluk rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****80%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**20%

Tap water ****7%**

**15%

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

**7%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**91%

Use banking services ****30%**

**45%

Television ****21%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**20%

Own their home ****96%**

**96%

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 Jotankur?

■ Jotankur · ■ Tamluk rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.2%**

**86.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****863**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****698**

**972

Working population ****45.4%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.4% for men and 84.3% for women. 58% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 12 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 16 (2%) · **■** Household industry 14 (2%) · **■** Other work 225 (34%) · **■** Marginal 402 (60%)

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 Tamluk

- Bhubunkalua1,540 people
- Lohanda1,515 people
- Barbasanta1,511 people
- Salikadamodarpur1,487 people
- Kulberya1,468 people
- Uttar Bagnan1,441 people
- Udaypur1,430 people
- Rajhati1,409 people

[All 99 villages in Tamluk](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/tamluk/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jotankur?1,474 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jotankur in?Purba Medinipur district (Tamluk sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jotankur?90.2% (Census 2011)