# Jhikurbere Village, Bishnupur - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bishnupur - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Jhikurbere

Jhikurbere is a village in Bishnupur - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,631 people in 386 households**, the 35th largest of 52 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 1,631people (2011)
- 386households
- 84.8%literacy
- 960females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jhikurbere

Of every 100 households in Jhikurbere in 2011, 90 had electricity, 56 a toilet at home and 13 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Jhikurbere · ■ Bishnupur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**69%

Toilet within the home ****56%**

**54%

No toilet (open defecation) ****43%**

**45%

Tap water ****87%**

**81%

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

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****13%**

**12%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**84%

Use banking services ****58%**

**46%

Television ****60%**

**44%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****12%**

**24%

Own their home ****97%**

**97%

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 Jhikurbere?

■ Jhikurbere · ■ Bishnupur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.8%**

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****960**

**951

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****958**

**953

Working population ****37.5%**

**36.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.2% for men and 82.3% for women. 65% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 58 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 84 (14%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 397 (65%) · **■** Marginal 65 (11%)

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 Bishnupur - II

- Bhabanipur1,833 people
- Raypur1,801 people
- Makhalia1,745 people
- Krishnapur1,700 people
- Hatbaria1,624 people
- Ramdebpur1,600 people
- Sukdebpur1,569 people
- Chandrahati1,554 people

[All 53 villages in Bishnupur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/bishnupur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jhikurbere?1,631 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jhikurbere in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Bishnupur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jhikurbere?84.8% (Census 2011)