# Jhujhka Village, Arsha, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/arsha/jhujhka/

Village · Arsha, Puruliya 

# Jhujhka

Jhujhka is a village in Arsha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,344 people in 399 households**, the 23rd largest of 95 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.8%.

- 2,344people (2011)
- 399households
- 62.4%literacy
- 992females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jhujhka

Of every 100 households in Jhujhka in 2011, 37 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Jhujhka · ■ Arsha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**95%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**4%

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

**0%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****19%**

**50%

Television ****15%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**31%

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 Jhujhka?

■ Jhujhka · ■ Arsha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.4%**

**54.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****992**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****979**

**987

Working population ****36.7%**

**47.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.9% for men and 46.7% for women. 55% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 181 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 147 (17%) · **■** Household industry 21 (2%) · **■** Other work 95 (11%) · **■** Marginal 417 (48%)

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 Arsha

- Aharara2,639 people
- Balia2,526 people
- Phasko2,458 people
- Upar Jambad2,426 people
- Korarya2,198 people
- Korang2,191 people
- Baram2,129 people
- Kumirdiha1,961 people

[All 96 villages in Arsha](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/arsha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jhujhka?2,344 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jhujhka in?Puruliya district (Arsha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jhujhka?62.4% (Census 2011)