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About Jot Behar Village

Jot Behar is a mid sized village in Indus tehsil, in the district of Bankura, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,161, made up of 601 males and 560 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 932 females per 1000 males. The village covers 232.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 722205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jot Behar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jot Behar village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Bankura
Tehsil Indus
Pincode 722205
Area (hectares) 232.02 hectares
Population 1,161
Male Population 601
Female Population 560
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 932
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Jot Behar compares

By the 2011 count Jot Behar is the 54th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,316 residents. Its 232.02 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 955.

Getting to Jot Behar

Jot Behar is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Jot Behar as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Jadupur, Jagaldwip, Jashdighi and Jhiknara. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Jot Behar

As per the Census of India 2011, Jot Behar village had a population of 1,161. That makes it the 54th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,316 residents.

Jot Behar village has 601 males and 560 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jot Behar has about 932 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 955.

The pincode recorded for Jot Behar is 722205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jot Behar covers 232.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jot Behar falls under Indus tehsil of Bankura district in West Bengal.

The census record for Jot Behar notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Jot Behar.

Jot Behar is in Indus tehsil of Bankura district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Jot Behar today is likely to be higher.

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