# Jalghara Village, Magrahat - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Magrahat - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Jalghara

Jalghara is a village in Magrahat - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,545 people in 501 households**, the 34th largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.0%.

- 2,545people (2011)
- 501households
- 74.0%literacy
- 929females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jalghara

Of every 100 households in Jalghara in 2011, 27 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Jalghara · ■ Magrahat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**53%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**46%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**51%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**2%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****66%**

**94%

Use banking services ****36%**

**33%

Television ****26%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****43%**

**38%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Jalghara?

■ Jalghara · ■ Magrahat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.0%**

**74.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****929**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****938**

**983

Working population ****31.1%**

**32.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.9% for men and 65.5% for women. 54% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 25 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 50 (6%) · **■** Household industry 23 (3%) · **■** Other work 278 (35%) · **■** Marginal 415 (52%)

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

- Kanpur2,839 people
- Chak Haturia2,778 people
- Ektara2,604 people
- Malaya2,557 people
- Ghatakpur2,459 people
- Chak Raypur2,437 people
- Payra Chali2,420 people
- Bahir Gachhi2,409 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 Jalghara?2,545 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jalghara in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Magrahat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jalghara?74.0% (Census 2011)