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Japhala Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Japhala is a medium size village located in Dantan - II Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 265 families residing. The Japhala village has population of 1218 of which 641 are males while 577 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Japhala village population of children with age 0-6 is 144 which makes up 11.82 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Japhala village is 900 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Japhala as per census is 946, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Japhala village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Japhala village was 84.64 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Japhala Male literacy stands at 92.59 % while female literacy rate was 75.74 %.

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

Japhala Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 265 - -
Population 1,218 641 577
Child (0-6) 144 74 70
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 84 44 40
Literacy 84.64 % 92.59 % 75.74 %
Total Workers 441 399 42
Main Worker 360 - -
Marginal Worker 81 55 26

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 6.90 % of total population in Japhala village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Japhala village of Paschim Medinipur.

Work Profile

In Japhala village out of total population, 441 were engaged in work activities. 81.63 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.37 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 441 workers engaged in Main Work, 296 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 45 were Agricultural labourer.