# Jambad Village, Puncha, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Puncha, Puruliya 

# Jambad

Jambad is a village in Puncha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,776 people in 735 households**, the 5th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 3,776people (2011)
- 735households
- 69.9%literacy
- 967females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jambad

Of every 100 households in Jambad in 2011, 25 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Jambad · ■ Puncha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**5%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****80%**

**88%

Use banking services ****22%**

**34%

Television ****14%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**26%

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 Jambad?

■ Jambad · ■ Puncha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.9%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****967**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1004**

**969

Working population ****51.7%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.8% for men and 54.3% for women. 54% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 356 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 306 (16%) · **■** Household industry 12 (1%) · **■** Other work 139 (7%) · **■** Marginal 1,139 (58%)

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 Puncha

- Puncha5,404 people
- Pirra4,049 people
- Chandra3,884 people
- Kenda3,803 people
- Lapara3,267 people
- Badra3,082 people
- Kuruktopa2,964 people
- Laulara2,743 people

[All 109 villages in Puncha](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/puncha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jambad?3,776 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jambad in?Puruliya district (Puncha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jambad?69.9% (Census 2011)