# Jamira Village, Falta – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Falta, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Jamira

Jamira is a village in Falta sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,067 people in 451 households**, the 42nd largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.5%.

- 2,067people (2011)
- 451households
- 68.0%literacy
- 1,005females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jamira

Of every 100 households in Jamira in 2011, 60 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jamira · ■ Falta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****46%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**49%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

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

**2%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**91%

Use banking services ****15%**

**37%

Television ****14%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****49%**

**37%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Jamira?

■ Jamira · ■ Falta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.0%**

**76.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1005**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1030**

**965

Working population ****35.5%**

**35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.4% for men and 63.6% for women. 56% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 28 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 45 (6%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 380 (52%) · **■** Marginal 276 (38%)

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 Falta

- Rasulpur2,202 people
- Harindanga2,171 people
- Kalagachhia2,096 people
- Purba Durgapur2,073 people
- Paikan2,007 people
- Padmapur1,971 people
- Satal1,971 people
- Bhagabanpur1,968 people

[All 129 villages in Falta](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/falta/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jamira?2,067 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jamira in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Falta sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jamira?68.0% (Census 2011)