# Jagadishpur Village, Sonarpur – Population & Literacy

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Village · Sonarpur, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Jagadishpur

Jagadishpur is a village in Sonarpur sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,660 people in 391 households**, the 46th largest of 65 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.3%.

- 1,660people (2011)
- 391households
- 84.8%literacy
- 955females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jagadishpur

Of every 100 households in Jagadishpur in 2011, 57 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 27 cooked with LPG; 78 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Jagadishpur · ■ Sonarpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**76%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**18%

Tap water ****94%**

**42%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****27%**

**17%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****63%**

**73%

Use banking services ****66%**

**52%

Television ****49%**

**57%

Mobile phone ****78%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**9%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****5%**

**10%

Own their home ****88%**

**92%

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 Jagadishpur?

■ Jagadishpur · ■ Sonarpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.8%**

**79.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****833**

**969

Working population ****34.6%**

**37.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.3% for men and 81.3% for women. 59% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 13 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 20 (3%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 359 (63%) · **■** Marginal 175 (30%)

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 Sonarpur

- Garal1,747 people
- Kantipota1,718 people
- Nabhasan1,712 people
- Metiari1,674 people
- Dingelpota1,614 people
- Chak Kolarkhal1,513 people
- Jardaha1,457 people
- Joyenpur1,396 people

[All 65 villages in Sonarpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/sonarpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jagadishpur?1,660 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jagadishpur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Sonarpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jagadishpur?84.8% (Census 2011)