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Jotchandi Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Jotchandi is a medium size village located in Goghat - II Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 322 families residing. The Jotchandi village has population of 1505 of which 770 are males while 735 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jotchandi village population of children with age 0-6 is 185 which makes up 12.29 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jotchandi village is 955 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jotchandi as per census is 796, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Jotchandi village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jotchandi village was 68.18 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jotchandi Male literacy stands at 74.51 % while female literacy rate was 61.72 %.

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

Jotchandi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 322 - -
Population 1,505 770 735
Child (0-6) 185 103 82
Schedule Caste 948 490 458
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.18 % 74.51 % 61.72 %
Total Workers 686 498 188
Main Worker 571 - -
Marginal Worker 115 9 106

Caste Factor

In Jotchandi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 62.99 % of total population in Jotchandi village. The village Jotchandi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jotchandi village out of total population, 686 were engaged in work activities. 83.24 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.76 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 686 workers engaged in Main Work, 156 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 298 were Agricultural labourer.