# Jhargaon Village, Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Jhargaon

Jhargaon is a village in Islampur sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,008 people in 396 households**, the 49th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.5%.

- 2,008people (2011)
- 396households
- 50.7%literacy
- 963females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jhargaon

Of every 100 households in Jhargaon in 2011, 22 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jhargaon · ■ Islampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**79%

Tap water ****2%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****49%**

**62%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****5%**

**20%

Television ****4%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****45%**

**40%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Jhargaon?

■ Jhargaon · ■ Islampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.7%**

**53.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****963**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****927**

**967

Working population ****26.0%**

**30.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.1% for men and 40.9% for women. 47% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 128 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 338 (65%) · **■** Other work 47 (9%) · **■** Marginal 10 (2%)

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 Islampur

- Sialtor Taranjanbari2,197 people
- Agurasia2,194 people
- Daribhir2,127 people
- Rohia2,021 people
- Kalughat1,986 people
- Kunargaon1,980 people
- Kalugachh1,960 people
- Dakshin Kadamgachhi1,921 people

[All 101 villages in Islampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/islampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jhargaon?2,008 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jhargaon in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Islampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jhargaon?50.7% (Census 2011)