# Jajlang Village, Jhalda - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Jajlang

Jajlang is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **729 people in 127 households**, the 69th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 729people (2011)
- 127households
- 65.9%literacy
- 1,014females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jajlang

Of every 100 households in Jajlang in 2011, 10 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Jajlang · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

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

**8%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**80%

Use banking services ****38%**

**30%

Television ****6%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****13%**

**35%

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 Jajlang?

■ Jajlang · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.9%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1014**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1065**

**973

Working population ****22.8%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.7% for men and 51.3% for women. 43% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 113 (68%) · **■** Farm labourers 38 (23%) · **■** Other work 8 (5%) · **■** Marginal 7 (4%)

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 - II

- Tiraldi Alias Goaladi758 people
- Jabar756 people
- Patrahatu741 people
- Hirapur739 people
- Taherbera729 people
- Mamudi714 people
- Hesalber702 people
- Chorgali680 people

[All 129 villages in Jhalda - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jajlang?729 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jajlang in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jajlang?65.9% (Census 2011)