# Jhapail Village, Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Jhapail

Jhapail is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,445 people in 325 households**, the 51st largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 1,445people (2011)
- 325households
- 64.4%literacy
- 937females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jhapail

Of every 100 households in Jhapail in 2011, 15 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Jhapail · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****57%**

**46%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****13%**

**34%

Television ****10%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**20%

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 Jhapail?

■ Jhapail · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.4%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****937**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1179**

**969

Working population ****36.5%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.4% for men and 53.4% for women. 56% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 184 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 137 (26%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 93 (18%) · **■** Marginal 107 (20%)

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 Kaliaganj

- Baidan1,509 people
- Dasai1,480 people
- Mrizapur1,472 people
- Shursa1,447 people
- Madhya Durgapur1,437 people
- Bochadanga1,406 people
- Chak Dilal1,399 people
- Baikunthapur1,372 people

[All 192 villages in Kaliaganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/kaliaganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jhapail?1,445 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jhapail in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jhapail?64.4% (Census 2011)