# Chirudih Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Chirudih

Chirudih is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **953 people in 157 households**, the 65th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 953people (2011)
- 157households
- 67.5%literacy
- 902females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chirudih

Of every 100 households in Chirudih in 2011, 13 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chirudih · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**22%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

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

**5%

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

**0%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****72%**

**41%

Television ****3%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****2%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Chirudih?

■ Chirudih · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.5%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****902**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1028**

**957

Working population ****56.0%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.1% for men and 50.9% for women. 56% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 135 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 37 (7%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 47 (9%) · **■** Marginal 312 (58%)

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 Barabazar

- Fatepur966 people
- Bhabanipur961 people
- Dhadkidih959 people
- Sorishabahal958 people
- Kukurchari940 people
- Muradih924 people
- Gidighati920 people
- Khanri Pahari904 people

[All 215 villages in Barabazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/barabazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chirudih?953 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chirudih in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chirudih?67.5% (Census 2011)