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

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Brajapur

Brajapur is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,271 people in 273 households**, the 26th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 1,271people (2011)
- 273households
- 72.2%literacy
- 826females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Brajapur

Of every 100 households in Brajapur in 2011, 40 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Brajapur · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**93%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****71%**

**90%

Use banking services ****68%**

**39%

Television ****29%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**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 Brajapur?

■ Brajapur · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.2%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****826**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****676**

**946

Working population ****36.1%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.5% for men and 62.4% for women. 49% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 21 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (2%) · **■** Other work 136 (30%) · **■** Marginal 292 (64%)

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

- Hesatu1,386 people
- Pilai1,339 people
- Dulmi1,317 people
- Hepad1,315 people
- Nayadi1,246 people
- Chhoto Bakad1,243 people
- Kuki1,220 people
- Dumardi1,184 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Brajapur?1,271 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Brajapur in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Brajapur?72.2% (Census 2011)