# Jaingaon Village, Goalpokhar - I, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Goalpokhar - I, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Jaingaon

Jaingaon is a village in Goalpokhar - I sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **10,866 people in 2,053 households**, the 3rd largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 42.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 41.8%.

- 10,866people (2011)
- 2,053households
- 42.2%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jaingaon

Of every 100 households in Jaingaon in 2011, 10 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Jaingaon · ■ Goalpokhar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**37%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**91%

Use banking services ****21%**

**20%

Television ****2%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****41%**

**35%

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 Jaingaon?

■ Jaingaon · ■ Goalpokhar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****42.2%**

**41.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**919

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****966**

**950

Working population ****25.0%**

**31.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 50.1% for men and 33.8% for women. 46% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 1,152 (42%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,026 (38%) · **■** Household industry 7 (0%) · **■** Other work 279 (10%) · **■** Marginal 250 (9%)

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 Goalpokhar - I

- Mahua16,080 people
- Panjipara12,376 people
- Majlishpur7,802 people
- Bara Singhanath7,454 people
- Goalin6,623 people
- Debiganj6,457 people

[All 152 villages in Goalpokhar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/goalpokhar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jaingaon?10,866 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jaingaon in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Goalpokhar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jaingaon?42.2% (Census 2011)