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

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Bhakuyadi

Bhakuyadi is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,135 people in 235 households**, the 35th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 1,135people (2011)
- 235households
- 63.3%literacy
- 988females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhakuyadi

Of every 100 households in Bhakuyadi in 2011, 34 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bhakuyadi · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**27%

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

**6%

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

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**11%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**90%

Use banking services ****32%**

**39%

Television ****1%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**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 Bhakuyadi?

■ Bhakuyadi · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.3%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****988**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1087**

**946

Working population ****52.8%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.1% for men and 47.0% for women. 55% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 207 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 14 (2%) · **■** Marginal 371 (62%)

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

- Orddana1,170 people
- Nayadi Alias Koradi1,168 people
- Kerawari1,145 people
- Mathari1,136 people
- Chandai1,133 people
- Bansa1,101 people
- Pat Jhalda1,085 people
- Chatumghutu1,058 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhakuyadi?1,135 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhakuyadi in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhakuyadi?63.3% (Census 2011)