# Barjudi Village, Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Barjudi

Barjudi is a village in Jhargram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,221 people in 247 households**, the 10th largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 1,221people (2011)
- 247households
- 65.6%literacy
- 998females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barjudi

Of every 100 households in Barjudi in 2011, 56 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Barjudi · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**38%

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

**14%

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

**86%

Tap water ****4%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**30%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**97%

Use banking services ****59%**

**34%

Television ****15%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**17%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Barjudi?

■ Barjudi · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.6%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****998**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****905**

**979

Working population ****25.8%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.3% for men and 56.0% for women. 48% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 11 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (3%) · **■** Other work 197 (63%) · **■** Marginal 99 (31%)

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 Jhargram

- Chandri1,699 people
- Agaibani1,620 people
- Khalsiyali1,508 people
- Madipur1,271 people
- Nauria Dam1,215 people
- Shyamsundarpur1,170 people
- Rautarapur1,146 people
- Gobindapur1,133 people

[All 604 villages in Jhargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/jhargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barjudi?1,221 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barjudi in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barjudi?65.6% (Census 2011)