# Jelerhat Village, Baruipur – Population & Literacy

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Village · Baruipur, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Jelerhat

Jelerhat is a village in Baruipur sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,435 people in 502 households**, the 44th largest of 122 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.4%.

- 2,435people (2011)
- 502households
- 80.7%literacy
- 985females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jelerhat

Of every 100 households in Jelerhat in 2011, 65 had electricity, 53 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Jelerhat · ■ Baruipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****65%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****53%**

**61%

No toilet (open defecation) ****47%**

**35%

Tap water ****47%**

**35%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**14%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**8%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****55%**

**39%

Television ****28%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

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

**2%

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

**29%

Own their home ****99%**

**94%

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 Jelerhat?

■ Jelerhat · ■ Baruipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.7%**

**75.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****985**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1084**

**954

Working population ****31.5%**

**35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.7% for men and 71.5% for women. 55% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 41 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 254 (33%) · **■** Household industry 13 (2%) · **■** Other work 328 (43%) · **■** Marginal 131 (17%)

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 Baruipur

- Rana2,520 people
- Malayapur2,513 people
- Kanthal Beria2,490 people
- Teka2,455 people
- Keatala2,424 people
- Keshabpur2,394 people
- Purushottampur2,294 people
- Dudhnai2,220 people

[All 126 villages in Baruipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/baruipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jelerhat?2,435 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jelerhat in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Baruipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jelerhat?80.7% (Census 2011)