# Jamalpur Village, Budge Budge - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Budge Budge - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Jamalpur

Jamalpur is a village in Budge Budge - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,857 people in 1,107 households**, the 1st largest of 13 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 80.7%.

- 4,857people (2011)
- 1,107households
- 75.3%literacy
- 965females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jamalpur

Of every 100 households in Jamalpur in 2011, 84 had electricity, 66 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Jamalpur · ■ Budge Budge - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****84%**

**79%

Toilet within the home ****66%**

**68%

No toilet (open defecation) ****31%**

**28%

Tap water ****88%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**1%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**12%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**82%

Use banking services ****39%**

**46%

Television ****45%**

**48%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**13%

Own their home ****97%**

**98%

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 Jamalpur?

■ Jamalpur · ■ Budge Budge - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.3%**

**80.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****965**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1013**

**921

Working population ****36.9%**

**36.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.6% for men and 70.8% for women. 57% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 25 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 109 (6%) · **■** Household industry 171 (10%) · **■** Other work 989 (55%) · **■** Marginal 499 (28%)

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 Budge Budge - I

- Jagatballavpur3,653 people
- Durgapur3,364 people
- Chingripota3,003 people
- Chak Nabasan2,958 people

[All 13 villages in Budge Budge - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/budge-budge-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jamalpur?4,857 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jamalpur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Budge Budge - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jamalpur?75.3% (Census 2011)