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

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Village · Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Pukharia

Pukharia is a village in Jhargram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **958 people in 236 households**, the 23rd largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 958people (2011)
- 236households
- 71.7%literacy
- 975females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pukharia

Of every 100 households in Pukharia in 2011, 21 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Pukharia · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**86%

Tap water ****22%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**30%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**97%

Use banking services ****39%**

**34%

Television ****11%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**17%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Pukharia?

■ Pukharia · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.7%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****975**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****869**

**979

Working population ****31.9%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.1% for men and 61.2% for women. 55% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 60 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 171 (56%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 43 (14%) · **■** Marginal 31 (10%)

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

- Pindkhara1,024 people
- Marai Khunti983 people
- Ramchandrapur966 people
- Bamun Mura962 people
- Nedha Bahara938 people
- Netura928 people
- Baharakoti897 people
- Dahatmal878 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pukharia?958 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pukharia in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pukharia?71.7% (Census 2011)