# Jhari Village, Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Jhari

Jhari is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **451 people in 90 households**, the 180th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 34.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 451people (2011)
- 90households
- 34.6%literacy
- 961females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jhari

Of every 100 households in Jhari in 2011, 6 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jhari · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**60%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****1%**

**19%

Television ****4%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****35%**

**28%

Own their home ****89%**

**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 Jhari?

■ Jhari · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****34.6%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****961**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****723**

**943

Working population ****47.0%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 38.3% for men and 31.0% for women. 46% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 2 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 77 (36%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 10 (5%) · **■** Marginal 121 (57%)

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 Karandighi

- Mohsunda535 people
- Gaigaon502 people
- Sulatanpur487 people
- Belbari472 people
- Harra380 people
- Jalalpur376 people
- Negura372 people
- Jogiar334 people

[All 203 villages in Karandighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/karandighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jhari?451 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jhari in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jhari?34.6% (Census 2011)