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Jotdakshin Population - Barddhaman, West Bengal

Jotdakshin is a medium size village located in Jamalpur Block of Barddhaman district, West Bengal with total 354 families residing. The Jotdakshin village has population of 1705 of which 862 are males while 843 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jotdakshin village population of children with age 0-6 is 185 which makes up 10.85 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jotdakshin village is 978 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jotdakshin as per census is 1079, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Jotdakshin village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jotdakshin village was 80.66 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jotdakshin Male literacy stands at 86.03 % while female literacy rate was 75.10 %.

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

Jotdakshin Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 354 - -
Population 1,705 862 843
Child (0-6) 185 89 96
Schedule Caste 602 314 288
Schedule Tribe 16 9 7
Literacy 80.66 % 86.03 % 75.10 %
Total Workers 650 578 72
Main Worker 597 - -
Marginal Worker 53 13 40

Caste Factor

In Jotdakshin village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 35.31 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.94 % of total population in Jotdakshin village.

Work Profile

In Jotdakshin village out of total population, 650 were engaged in work activities. 91.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 650 workers engaged in Main Work, 207 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 268 were Agricultural labourer.