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Jot Dhani Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Jot Dhani is a medium size village located in Kaliachak - I Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 124 families residing. The Jot Dhani village has population of 579 of which 296 are males while 283 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jot Dhani village population of children with age 0-6 is 92 which makes up 15.89 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jot Dhani village is 956 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jot Dhani as per census is 1000, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Jot Dhani village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jot Dhani village was 58.52 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jot Dhani Male literacy stands at 63.20 % while female literacy rate was 53.59 %.

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

Jot Dhani Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 124 - -
Population 579 296 283
Child (0-6) 92 46 46
Schedule Caste 170 80 90
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 58.52 % 63.20 % 53.59 %
Total Workers 269 154 115
Main Worker 39 - -
Marginal Worker 230 120 110

Caste Factor

Jot Dhani village of Maldah has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 29.36 % of total population in Jot Dhani village. The village Jot Dhani currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jot Dhani village out of total population, 269 were engaged in work activities. 14.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 85.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 269 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.