# Jahangirgar, Magrahat - I, South Twenty Four Parganas

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Village · Magrahat - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Jahangirgar

Jahangirgar is a village in [Magrahat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/magrahat-i/) sub-district of [South Twenty Four Parganas](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **3,484 people in 611 households**, the 17th largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.0%.

- 3,484people (2011)
- 611households
- 68.8%literacy
- 968females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jahangirgar

Of every 100 households in Jahangirgar in 2011, 46 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jahangirgar · ■ Magrahat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**53%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**46%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**51%

Tap water ****32%**

**5%

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

**2%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**94%

Use banking services ****3%**

**33%

Television ****1%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****83%**

**38%

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 Jahangirgar?

■ Jahangirgar · ■ Magrahat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.8%**

**74.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****968**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****958**

**983

Working population ****27.6%**

**32.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.5% for men and 66.0% for women. 49% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 12 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 39 (4%) · **■** Household industry 174 (18%) · **■** Other work 422 (44%) · **■** Marginal 315 (33%)

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 Magrahat - I

- Ramchandrapur3,982 people
- Chak Jaydi3,692 people
- Hijalhat3,603 people
- Hariharpur3,543 people
- Keyakona3,473 people
- Rangilabad3,459 people
- Hayatnagar Rajarhat3,331 people
- Mahesdari3,326 people

[All 81 villages in Magrahat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/magrahat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jahangirgar?3,484 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jahangirgar in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Magrahat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jahangirgar?68.8% (Census 2011)