# Jharia Kucha Village, Hirbandh, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Hirbandh, Bankura 

# Jharia Kucha

Jharia Kucha is a village in Hirbandh sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,493 people in 520 households**, the 3rd largest of 116 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 64.2%.

- 2,493people (2011)
- 520households
- 63.6%literacy
- 918females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jharia Kucha

Of every 100 households in Jharia Kucha in 2011, 26 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jharia Kucha · ■ Hirbandh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**94%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**90%

Use banking services ****32%**

**50%

Television ****12%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**31%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Jharia Kucha?

■ Jharia Kucha · ■ Hirbandh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.6%**

**64.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****918**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****857**

**969

Working population ****51.8%**

**44.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.1% for men and 49.0% for women. 60% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 92 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 248 (19%) · **■** Household industry 5 (0%) · **■** Other work 93 (7%) · **■** Marginal 853 (66%)

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 Hirbandh

- Mosiara2,559 people
- Lalbazar2,533 people
- Malian2,457 people
- Baharamuri2,401 people
- Amjhuri2,152 people
- Dighi1,937 people

[All 121 villages in Hirbandh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/hirbandh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jharia Kucha?2,493 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jharia Kucha in?Bankura district (Hirbandh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jharia Kucha?63.6% (Census 2011)