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Japhala Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Japhala is a medium size village located in Kharagpur - I Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 350 families residing. The Japhala village has population of 1531 of which 781 are males while 750 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Japhala village population of children with age 0-6 is 220 which makes up 14.37 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Japhala village is 960 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Japhala as per census is 930, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Japhala village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Japhala village was 74.83 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Japhala Male literacy stands at 87.56 % while female literacy rate was 61.65 %.

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 350 - -
Population 1,531 781 750
Child (0-6) 220 114 106
Schedule Caste 888 453 435
Schedule Tribe 48 25 23
Literacy 74.83 % 87.56 % 61.65 %
Total Workers 667 447 220
Main Worker 658 - -
Marginal Worker 9 8 1

Caste Factor

In Japhala village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 58.00 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 3.14 % of total population in Japhala village.

Work Profile

In Japhala village out of total population, 667 were engaged in work activities. 98.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 667 workers engaged in Main Work, 30 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 351 were Agricultural labourer.