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Jothar Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Jothar is a medium size village located in Kushmundi Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 265 families residing. The Jothar village has population of 1054 of which 546 are males while 508 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jothar village population of children with age 0-6 is 133 which makes up 12.62 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jothar village is 930 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jothar as per census is 873, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Jothar village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jothar village was 73.51 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jothar Male literacy stands at 76.84 % while female literacy rate was 69.96 %.

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

Jothar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 265 - -
Population 1,054 546 508
Child (0-6) 133 71 62
Schedule Caste 59 35 24
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.51 % 76.84 % 69.96 %
Total Workers 339 323 16
Main Worker 260 - -
Marginal Worker 79 70 9

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.60 % of total population in Jothar village. The village Jothar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jothar village out of total population, 339 were engaged in work activities. 76.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 339 workers engaged in Main Work, 56 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 160 were Agricultural labourer.