# Bihar Jurya Village, Gangajalghati, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangajalghati, Bankura 

# Bihar Jurya

Bihar Jurya is a village in Gangajalghati sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,762 people in 414 households**, the 33rd largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 1,762people (2011)
- 414households
- 80.7%literacy
- 907females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bihar Jurya

Of every 100 households in Bihar Jurya in 2011, 36 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bihar Jurya · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****70%**

**67%

Use banking services ****45%**

**43%

Television ****25%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**25%

Own their home ****96%**

**97%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Bihar Jurya?

■ Bihar Jurya · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.7%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****907**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****808**

**908

Working population ****43.7%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.2% for men and 72.4% for women. 58% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 101 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (2%) · **■** Household industry 31 (4%) · **■** Other work 227 (29%) · **■** Marginal 399 (52%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Gangajalghati

- Nabagram1,911 people
- Kusthalia1,902 people
- Duberdanga1,858 people
- Bhakta Band1,850 people
- Durlabhpur1,725 people
- Bharadihi1,715 people
- Basudebpur1,704 people
- Ukhra Dihi1,652 people

[All 165 villages in Gangajalghati](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/gangajalghati/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bihar Jurya?1,762 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bihar Jurya in?Bankura district (Gangajalghati sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bihar Jurya?80.7% (Census 2011)