Jotnasir Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Jotnasir is a medium size village located in Bansihari Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 57 families residing. The Jotnasir village has population of 245 of which 126 are males while 119 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jotnasir village population of children with age 0-6 is 41 which makes up 16.73 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jotnasir village is 944 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jotnasir as per census is 952, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Jotnasir village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jotnasir village was 30.39 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jotnasir Male literacy stands at 29.52 % while female literacy rate was 31.31 %.

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

Jotnasir Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	57	-	-
Population	245	126	119
Child (0-6)	41	21	20
Schedule Caste	111	58	53
Schedule Tribe	133	68	65
Literacy	30.39 %	29.52 %	31.31 %
Total Workers	120	69	51
Main Worker	58	-	-
Marginal Worker	62	18	44

Caste Factor

In Jotnasir village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 54.29 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 45.31 % of total population in Jotnasir village.

Work Profile

In Jotnasir village out of total population, 120 were engaged in work activities. 48.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 51.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 120 workers engaged in Main Work, 20 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 34 were Agricultural labourer.