# Jayahat Village, Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Jayahat

Jayahat is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,957 people in 839 households**, the 10th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 3,957people (2011)
- 839households
- 56.4%literacy
- 979females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jayahat

Of every 100 households in Jayahat in 2011, 8 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Jayahat · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****16%**

**16%

Television ****5%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****49%**

**32%

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 Jayahat?

■ Jayahat · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.4%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****979**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1070**

**955

Working population ****34.6%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.1% for men and 50.5% for women. 53% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 293 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 465 (34%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 193 (14%) · **■** Marginal 410 (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 Itahar

- Bangar4,512 people
- Barot4,394 people
- Gulandar4,105 people
- Paharajpur3,980 people
- Chhilimpur3,941 people
- Palaibari3,752 people
- Bariol3,497 people
- Shurun3,450 people

[All 220 villages in Itahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/itahar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jayahat?3,957 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jayahat in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jayahat?56.4% (Census 2011)