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

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Jotilamat

Jotilamat is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **150 people in 30 households**, the 196th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 150people (2011)
- 30households
- 53.2%literacy
- 974females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jotilamat

Of every 100 households in Jotilamat in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 7 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jotilamat · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

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

**60%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****3%**

**19%

Television ****0%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****7%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****40%**

**28%

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 Jotilamat?

■ Jotilamat · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.2%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****974**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****846**

**943

Working population ****46.0%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.8% for men and 36.5% for women. 50% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 18 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 23 (33%) · **■** Other work 3 (4%) · **■** Marginal 25 (36%)

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

- Surta240 people
- Sahapur239 people
- Majhauk215 people
- Dakishin Maheshpur160 people
- Kararan144 people
- Patanduba99 people
- Pirpukhar70 people
- Shitalpur25 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jotilamat?150 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jotilamat in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jotilamat?53.2% (Census 2011)