Jamtagar Population - North Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Jamtagar is a medium size village located in Barasat - I Block of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 188 families residing. The Jamtagar village has population of 762 of which 392 are males while 370 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jamtagar village population of children with age 0-6 is 66 which makes up 8.66 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jamtagar village is 944 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jamtagar as per census is 1129, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Jamtagar village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jamtagar village was 81.47 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jamtagar Male literacy stands at 88.64 % while female literacy rate was 73.73 %.

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

Jamtagar Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	188	-	-
Population	762	392	370
Child (0-6)	66	31	35
Schedule Caste	265	142	123
Schedule Tribe	7	4	3
Literacy	81.47 %	88.64 %	73.73 %
Total Workers	296	268	28
Main Worker	257	-	-
Marginal Worker	39	25	14

Caste Factor

Jamtagar village of North Twenty Four Parganas has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 34.78 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.92 % of total population in Jamtagar village.

Work Profile

In Jamtagar village out of total population, 296 were engaged in work activities. 86.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 296 workers engaged in Main Work, 25 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 75 were Agricultural labourer.