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

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Jujharpur

Jujharpur is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **8,665 people in 1,903 households**, the 1st largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 8,665people (2011)
- 1,903households
- 73.8%literacy
- 920females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jujharpur

Of every 100 households in Jujharpur in 2011, 48 had electricity, 62 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Jujharpur · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****62%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****37%**

**78%

Tap water ****2%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****72%**

**60%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**96%

Use banking services ****53%**

**19%

Television ****34%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**28%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Jujharpur?

■ Jujharpur · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.8%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****920**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****872**

**943

Working population ****41.7%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.2% for men and 65.9% for women. 59% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 619 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 502 (14%) · **■** Household industry 105 (3%) · **■** Other work 1,597 (44%) · **■** Marginal 792 (22%)

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

- Raghopur8,434 people
- Gopalpur7,109 people
- Raniganj6,609 people
- Khanta6,457 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jujharpur?8,665 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jujharpur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jujharpur?73.8% (Census 2011)