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

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Village · Arsha, Puruliya 

# Pijhati

Pijhati is a village in Arsha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,537 people in 302 households**, the 41st largest of 95 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 54.8%.

- 1,537people (2011)
- 302households
- 54.0%literacy
- 963females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pijhati

Of every 100 households in Pijhati in 2011, 29 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Pijhati · ■ Arsha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**4%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**94%

Use banking services ****97%**

**50%

Television ****18%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**31%

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 Pijhati?

■ Pijhati · ■ Arsha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.0%**

**54.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****963**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1059**

**987

Working population ****46.3%**

**47.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.7% for men and 41.7% for women. 53% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 33 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 22 (3%) · **■** Household industry 31 (4%) · **■** Other work 122 (17%) · **■** Marginal 503 (71%)

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

- Goradag1,603 people
- Senabana1,603 people
- Lachhamanpur1,576 people
- Bhursa1,554 people
- Khukhramura1,529 people
- Nagra1,491 people
- Gandhabazar alias Raghunathganj1,444 people
- Juri1,410 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pijhati?1,537 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pijhati in?Puruliya district (Arsha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pijhati?54.0% (Census 2011)