# Upar Jambad Village, Arsha, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Arsha, Puruliya 

# Upar Jambad

Upar Jambad is a village in Arsha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,426 people in 429 households**, the 22nd largest of 95 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.8%.

- 2,426people (2011)
- 429households
- 62.8%literacy
- 882females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Upar Jambad

Of every 100 households in Upar Jambad in 2011, 15 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Upar Jambad · ■ Arsha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**95%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

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

**4%

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

**0%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****59%**

**50%

Television ****9%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**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 Upar Jambad?

■ Upar Jambad · ■ Arsha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.8%**

**54.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****882**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****910**

**987

Working population ****50.1%**

**47.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.7% for men and 37.7% for women. 54% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 340 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 68 (6%) · **■** Household industry 154 (13%) · **■** Other work 57 (5%) · **■** Marginal 596 (49%)

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

- Upargugui2,656 people
- Aharara2,639 people
- Balia2,526 people
- Phasko2,458 people
- Jhujhka2,344 people
- Korarya2,198 people
- Korang2,191 people
- Baram2,129 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Upar Jambad?2,426 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Upar Jambad in?Puruliya district (Arsha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Upar Jambad?62.8% (Census 2011)