# Jamtala Village, Kultali – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Kultali, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Jamtala

Jamtala is a village in Kultali sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,495 people in 951 households**, the 24th largest of 43 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.4%.

- 4,495people (2011)
- 951households
- 77.4%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jamtala

Of every 100 households in Jamtala in 2011, 32 had electricity, 49 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Jamtala · ■ Kultali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**6%

Toilet within the home ****49%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****51%**

**66%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

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

**1%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**96%

Use banking services ****42%**

**24%

Television ****21%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****23%**

**41%

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 Jamtala?

■ Jamtala · ■ Kultali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.4%**

**69.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1069**

**977

Working population ****35.3%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.7% for men and 64.3% for women. 57% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 168 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 638 (40%) · **■** Household industry 64 (4%) · **■** Other work 412 (26%) · **■** Marginal 304 (19%)

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 Kultali

- Kailashnagar5,083 people
- Madhabpur4,725 people
- Godabar4,671 people
- Madhya Gurguria4,669 people
- Paschim Gabtala4,387 people
- Purba Tetulberia4,309 people
- Kaorakhali4,188 people
- Shyamnagar3,753 people

[All 46 villages in Kultali](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/kultali/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jamtala?4,495 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jamtala in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Kultali sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jamtala?77.4% (Census 2011)