# Jhat Pukhuria Village, Hirbandh, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Hirbandh, Bankura 

# Jhat Pukhuria

Jhat Pukhuria is a village in Hirbandh sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,282 people in 256 households**, the 22nd largest of 116 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.2%.

- 1,282people (2011)
- 256households
- 58.1%literacy
- 997females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jhat Pukhuria

Of every 100 households in Jhat Pukhuria in 2011, 2 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Jhat Pukhuria · ■ Hirbandh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**94%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****75%**

**90%

Use banking services ****80%**

**50%

Television ****3%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**31%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Jhat Pukhuria?

■ Jhat Pukhuria · ■ Hirbandh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.1%**

**64.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****997**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****986**

**969

Working population ****49.2%**

**44.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.5% for men and 44.7% for women. 61% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 36 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 53 (8%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 126 (20%) · **■** Marginal 415 (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

- Tilabani1,395 people
- Shyamnagar1,385 people
- Ranga1,333 people
- Salapahari1,300 people
- Debidia1,228 people
- Diktor1,188 people
- Nischintapur1,127 people
- Nanda1,062 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jhat Pukhuria?1,282 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jhat Pukhuria in?Bankura district (Hirbandh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jhat Pukhuria?58.1% (Census 2011)