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Jhanda Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Jhanda is a medium size village located in Jangipara Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 255 families residing. The Jhanda village has population of 1061 of which 545 are males while 516 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhanda village population of children with age 0-6 is 111 which makes up 10.46 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhanda village is 947 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhanda as per census is 1094, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Jhanda village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhanda village was 86.74 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jhanda Male literacy stands at 92.07 % while female literacy rate was 81.00 %.

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

Jhanda Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 255 - -
Population 1,061 545 516
Child (0-6) 111 53 58
Schedule Caste 384 204 180
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 86.74 % 92.07 % 81.00 %
Total Workers 549 367 182
Main Worker 429 - -
Marginal Worker 120 19 101

Caste Factor

In Jhanda village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 36.19 % of total population in Jhanda village. The village Jhanda currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jhanda village out of total population, 549 were engaged in work activities. 78.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 549 workers engaged in Main Work, 51 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 159 were Agricultural labourer.