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Jognigaon Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Jognigaon is a medium size village located in Manikchak Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 311 families residing. The Jognigaon village has population of 1448 of which 775 are males while 673 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jognigaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 204 which makes up 14.09 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jognigaon village is 868 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jognigaon as per census is 1040, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Jognigaon village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jognigaon village was 64.23 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jognigaon Male literacy stands at 74.22 % while female literacy rate was 52.37 %.

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

Jognigaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 311 - -
Population 1,448 775 673
Child (0-6) 204 100 104
Schedule Caste 1,311 702 609
Schedule Tribe 1 1 0
Literacy 64.23 % 74.22 % 52.37 %
Total Workers 600 452 148
Main Worker 259 - -
Marginal Worker 341 212 129

Caste Factor

In Jognigaon village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 90.54 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.07 % of total population in Jognigaon village.

Work Profile

In Jognigaon village out of total population, 600 were engaged in work activities. 43.17 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 56.83 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 600 workers engaged in Main Work, 21 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 230 were Agricultural labourer.