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Jot Chandi Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Jot Chandi is a medium size village located in Chanchal - I Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 290 families residing. The Jot Chandi village has population of 1169 of which 590 are males while 579 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jot Chandi village population of children with age 0-6 is 151 which makes up 12.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jot Chandi village is 981 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jot Chandi as per census is 736, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Jot Chandi village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jot Chandi village was 60.51 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jot Chandi Male literacy stands at 61.03 % while female literacy rate was 60.00 %.

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

Jot Chandi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 290 - -
Population 1,169 590 579
Child (0-6) 151 87 64
Schedule Caste 40 23 17
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 60.51 % 61.03 % 60.00 %
Total Workers 374 337 37
Main Worker 256 - -
Marginal Worker 118 100 18

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.42 % of total population in Jot Chandi village. The village Jot Chandi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jot Chandi village out of total population, 374 were engaged in work activities. 68.45 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.55 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 374 workers engaged in Main Work, 53 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 135 were Agricultural labourer.