# Jharia Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Jharia

Jharia is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,121 people in 203 households**, the 45th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 1,121people (2011)
- 203households
- 66.4%literacy
- 960females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jharia

Of every 100 households in Jharia in 2011, 79 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Jharia · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****79%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**5%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****38%**

**85%

Use banking services ****73%**

**41%

Television ****12%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**18%

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 Jharia?

■ Jharia · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.4%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****960**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****966**

**957

Working population ****49.5%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.3% for men and 46.6% for women. 56% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 38 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 18 (3%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 26 (5%) · **■** Marginal 468 (84%)

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

- Sankhari1,140 people
- Bankati1,137 people
- Taldih Als.Nabudih Maisadabar1,137 people
- Manpur1,128 people
- Biskudra1,108 people
- Dhargaon1,086 people
- Dubrajpur1,086 people
- Ragma1,083 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jharia?1,121 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jharia in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jharia?66.4% (Census 2011)