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Joka Population - North Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Joka is a medium size village located in Bongaon Block of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 175 families residing. The Joka village has population of 692 of which 350 are males while 342 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Joka village population of children with age 0-6 is 47 which makes up 6.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Joka village is 977 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Joka as per census is 1136, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Joka village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Joka village was 93.18 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Joka Male literacy stands at 98.78 % while female literacy rate was 87.38 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Joka village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Joka village.

Joka Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 175 - -
Population 692 350 342
Child (0-6) 47 22 25
Schedule Caste 187 85 102
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 93.18 % 98.78 % 87.38 %
Total Workers 304 242 62
Main Worker 301 - -
Marginal Worker 3 1 2

Caste Factor

Joka village of North Twenty Four Parganas has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 27.02 % of total population in Joka village. The village Joka currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Joka village out of total population, 304 were engaged in work activities. 99.01 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.99 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 304 workers engaged in Main Work, 75 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 117 were Agricultural labourer.