# Garadih Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Garadih

Garadih is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **142 people in 27 households**, the 188th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 142people (2011)
- 27households
- 67.5%literacy
- 1,029females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Garadih

Of every 100 households in Garadih in 2011, 1 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Garadih · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

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

**5%

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

**0%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****0%**

**41%

Television ****2%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****1%**

**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 Garadih?

■ Garadih · ■ Barabazar rural average

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

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1029**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1444**

**957

Working population ****59.9%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.9% for men and 47.5% for women. 67% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 9 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (14%) · **■** Other work 2 (2%) · **■** Marginal 62 (73%)

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

- Dumurdih200 people
- Saremacha179 people
- Tilabani174 people
- Haritanr152 people
- Matilaldih122 people
- Rampur111 people
- Kalachandpur102 people
- Dhumurbera93 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Garadih?142 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Garadih in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Garadih?67.5% (Census 2011)