Village · Simlapal, Bankura
# Kathjuria

Kathjuria is a village in Simlapal sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 523 people in 97 households, the 104th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.4%.
- 523 people (2011)
- 97 households
- 60.0% literacy
- 974 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kathjuria

Of every 100 households in Kathjuria in 2011, 24 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kathjuria · ■ Simlapal rural average
- Electricity for lighting 24% 39%
- Toilet within the home 3% 10%
- No toilet (open defecation) 97% 90%
- Tap water 0% 4%
- Drinking water within premises 19% 18%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 94% 84%
- Use banking services 97% 52%
- Television 15% 16%
- Mobile phone 24% 34%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 8% 9%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 1%
- None of these assets 39% 24%
- Own their home 100% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Kathjuria?

■ Kathjuria · ■ Simlapal rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 60.0% 68.4%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 974 960
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1147 960
- Working population 48.4% 40.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.4% for men and 40.6% for women. 58% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 25 (10%) · ■ Farm labourers 141 (56%) · ■ Household industry 2 (1%) · ■ Other work 36 (14%) · ■ Marginal 49 (19%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Simlapal
- Tushkutari 534 people
- Taldiha 529 people
- Rasikpur 527 people
- Bankhola 525 people
- Hariharpur 514 people
- Ekaria Jambani 512 people
- Sonakanda 512 people
- Lakshmanpur 509 people

All 202 villages in Simlapal

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Kathjuria? 523 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kathjuria in? Bankura district (Simlapal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kathjuria? 60.0% (Census 2011)

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