Jotalam Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Jotalam is a medium size village located in Habibpur Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 115 families residing. The Jotalam village has population of 483 of which 238 are males while 245 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jotalam village population of children with age 0-6 is 61 which makes up 12.63 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jotalam village is 1029 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jotalam as per census is 848, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Jotalam village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jotalam village was 42.89 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jotalam Male literacy stands at 53.66 % while female literacy rate was 32.72 %.

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

Jotalam Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	115	-	-
Population	483	238	245
Child (0-6)	61	33	28
Schedule Caste	243	125	118
Schedule Tribe	234	109	125
Literacy	42.89 %	53.66 %	32.72 %
Total Workers	254	121	133
Main Worker	128	-	-
Marginal Worker	126	14	112

Caste Factor

In Jotalam village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 50.31 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 48.45 % of total population in Jotalam village.

Work Profile

In Jotalam village out of total population, 254 were engaged in work activities. 50.39 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 49.61 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 254 workers engaged in Main Work, 99 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 21 were Agricultural labourer.