# Jojuhatu Village, Jhalda - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Jojuhatu

Jojuhatu is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **754 people in 156 households**, the 68th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 754people (2011)
- 156households
- 70.9%literacy
- 979females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jojuhatu

Of every 100 households in Jojuhatu in 2011, 91 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jojuhatu · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****91%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****34%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****66%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**90%

Use banking services ****100%**

**39%

Television ****4%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Jojuhatu?

■ Jojuhatu · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.9%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****979**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1186**

**946

Working population ****27.2%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.0% for men and 53.8% for women. 48% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 108 (53%) · **■** Farm labourers 54 (26%) · **■** Other work 15 (7%) · **■** Marginal 28 (14%)

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 Jhalda - I

- Chak Kerayari780 people
- Metyala775 people
- Merend759 people
- Magha758 people
- Kiribera752 people
- Buribir748 people
- Uhupiri738 people
- Raidi737 people

[All 142 villages in Jhalda - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jojuhatu?754 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jojuhatu in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jojuhatu?70.9% (Census 2011)