Bahu Jamalpur, also known as Chhoti Bahu, is a village in
Rohtak District,
Haryana
Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land a ...
, India.
Former
Prime Minister of Fiji
The prime minister of Fiji is the head of government of the Republic of Fiji. The prime minister is appointed under the terms of the 2013 Constitution of Fiji. The prime minister is the head of the Cabinet and appoints and dismisses ministers ...
Mahendra Chaudhry
Mahendra Pal Chaudhry ( hif, महेन्द्र पाल चौधरी; born 9 February 1942) is a Fijian politician and the leader of the Fiji Labour Party. Following a historic election in which he defeated the long-time former lead ...
's ancestral village is Bahu Jamalpur with his grandfather, Ram Nath Chaudhry, emigrating from here to
Fiji in 1902.
Demographics of 2011
As of
2011 India census
The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Informatio ...
, Bahu Jamalpur had a population of 1526 in 288 households. Males (821) constitute 53.8% of the population and females (705) 46.19%. Bahu Jamalpur has an average literacy (1124) rate of 73.65%, lower than the national average of 74%: male literacy (651) is 57.91%, and female literacy (473) is 42.08% of total literates (1124). In Bahu Jamalpur, 11.14% of the population is under 6 years of age (170).
References
Villages in Rohtak district
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