Josna Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Josna is a medium size village located in Binpur - II Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 98 families residing. The Josna village has population of 482 of which 236 are males while 246 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Josna village population of children with age 0-6 is 56 which makes up 11.62 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Josna village is 1042 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Josna as per census is 1333, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Josna village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Josna village was 71.13 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Josna Male literacy stands at 86.32 % while female literacy rate was 56.07 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Josna 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 Josna village.

Josna Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	98	-	-
Population	482	236	246
Child (0-6)	56	24	32
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	457	224	233
Literacy	71.13 %	86.32 %	56.07 %
Total Workers	236	131	105
Main Worker	38	-	-
Marginal Worker	198	97	101

Caste Factor

In Josna village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 94.81 % of total population in Josna village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Josna village of Paschim Medinipur.

Work Profile

In Josna village out of total population, 236 were engaged in work activities. 16.10 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 83.90 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 236 workers engaged in Main Work, 25 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.