# Jelepara Village, Gosaba – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Gosaba, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Jelepara

Jelepara is a village in Gosaba sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,950 people in 404 households**, the 47th largest of 50 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.0%.

- 1,950people (2011)
- 404households
- 87.2%literacy
- 910females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jelepara

Of every 100 households in Jelepara in 2011, 0 had electricity, 74 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Jelepara · ■ Gosaba rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**3%

Toilet within the home ****74%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****24%**

**23%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**0%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****23%**

**35%

Television ****15%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**1%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****32%**

**51%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Jelepara?

■ Jelepara · ■ Gosaba rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.2%**

**79.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****910**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1172**

**981

Working population ****57.8%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.7% for men and 79.8% for women. 63% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 164 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 56 (5%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 61 (5%) · **■** Marginal 839 (74%)

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 Gosaba

- Sambhunagar2,886 people
- Dulki2,876 people
- Bhupendrapur2,616 people
- Gopalkata2,301 people
- Jhaukhali1,502 people
- Pathankhali1,414 people
- Mitrapur1,194 people

[All 51 villages in Gosaba](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/gosaba/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jelepara?1,950 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jelepara in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Gosaba sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jelepara?87.2% (Census 2011)