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

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Village · Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Giria

Giria is a village in Jhargram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **499 people in 118 households**, the 110th largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 499people (2011)
- 118households
- 70.5%literacy
- 1,114females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Giria

Of every 100 households in Giria in 2011, 61 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Giria · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****61%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****41%**

**30%

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

**2%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****28%**

**34%

Television ****4%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**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 Giria?

■ Giria · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.5%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1114**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****846**

**979

Working population ****61.5%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.0% for men and 63.1% for women. 63% of men and 60% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 67 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 228 (74%) · **■** Other work 11 (4%) · **■** Marginal 1 (0%)

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

- Rajaband505 people
- Metial504 people
- Dakshin Sole503 people
- Narayanpur502 people
- Chhota Gahira493 people
- Nuagarh493 people
- Sapdhara493 people
- Jaypur489 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Giria?499 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Giria in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Giria?70.5% (Census 2011)