# Ankura Village, Jhalda - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Ankura

Ankura is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **601 people in 126 households**, the 87th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 601people (2011)
- 126households
- 76.2%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ankura

Of every 100 households in Ankura in 2011, 45 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Ankura · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

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

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**90%

Use banking services ****15%**

**39%

Television ****26%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Ankura?

■ Ankura · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.2%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1194**

**946

Working population ****49.9%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.5% for men and 57.4% for women. 59% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 17 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Household industry 11 (4%) · **■** Other work 42 (14%) · **■** Marginal 227 (76%)

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 Jhalda - I

- Putidi619 people
- Gosaindi618 people
- Patub611 people
- Chamardag607 people
- Badgaon594 people
- Pardi579 people
- Badgram578 people
- Bagbinda533 people

[All 142 villages in Jhalda - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ankura?601 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ankura in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ankura?76.2% (Census 2011)