# Bandulahar, Jhalda - I, Puruliya – Population & Literacy

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Bandulahar

Bandulahar is a village in [Jhalda - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-i/) sub-district of [Puruliya](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **1,043 people in 176 households**, the 40th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 1,043people (2011)
- 176households
- 63.8%literacy
- 917females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bandulahar

Of every 100 households in Bandulahar in 2011, 33 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bandulahar · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**90%

Use banking services ****34%**

**39%

Television ****9%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**25%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Bandulahar?

■ Bandulahar · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.8%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****917**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1107**

**946

Working population ****39.4%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.2% for men and 47.3% for women. 51% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 78 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 37 (9%) · **■** Household industry 67 (16%) · **■** Other work 65 (16%) · **■** Marginal 164 (40%)

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

- Chandai1,133 people
- Bansa1,101 people
- Pat Jhalda1,085 people
- Chatumghutu1,058 people
- Akahara1,009 people
- Chandamosina1,006 people
- Darpa992 people
- Ona966 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bandulahar?1,043 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bandulahar in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bandulahar?63.8% (Census 2011)