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Jhalgachhi Population - North Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Jhalgachhi is a medium size village located in Rajarhat Block of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 344 families residing. The Jhalgachhi village has population of 1641 of which 877 are males while 764 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhalgachhi village population of children with age 0-6 is 191 which makes up 11.64 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhalgachhi village is 871 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhalgachhi as per census is 910, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Jhalgachhi village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhalgachhi village was 75.52 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jhalgachhi Male literacy stands at 75.93 % while female literacy rate was 75.04 %.

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

Jhalgachhi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 344 - -
Population 1,641 877 764
Child (0-6) 191 100 91
Schedule Caste 331 175 156
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.52 % 75.93 % 75.04 %
Total Workers 533 509 24
Main Worker 529 - -
Marginal Worker 4 3 1

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.17 % of total population in Jhalgachhi village. The village Jhalgachhi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jhalgachhi village out of total population, 533 were engaged in work activities. 99.25 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.75 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 533 workers engaged in Main Work, 112 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 84 were Agricultural labourer.