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Jot Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Jot is a medium size village located in English Bazar Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 343 families residing. The Jot village has population of 1479 of which 762 are males while 717 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jot village population of children with age 0-6 is 130 which makes up 8.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jot village is 941 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jot as per census is 1063, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Jot village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jot village was 85.10 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jot Male literacy stands at 87.98 % while female literacy rate was 82.00 %.

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

Jot Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 343 - -
Population 1,479 762 717
Child (0-6) 130 63 67
Schedule Caste 1,181 625 556
Schedule Tribe 8 4 4
Literacy 85.10 % 87.98 % 82.00 %
Total Workers 484 413 71
Main Worker 326 - -
Marginal Worker 158 113 45

Caste Factor

In Jot village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 79.85 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.54 % of total population in Jot village.

Work Profile

In Jot village out of total population, 484 were engaged in work activities. 67.36 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.64 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 484 workers engaged in Main Work, 14 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 35 were Agricultural labourer.