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

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Chamardag

Chamardag is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **607 people in 122 households**, the 86th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 607people (2011)
- 122households
- 72.2%literacy
- 885females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chamardag

Of every 100 households in Chamardag in 2011, 29 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Chamardag · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**11%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**90%

Use banking services ****29%**

**39%

Television ****12%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**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 Chamardag?

■ Chamardag · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

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

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****885**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****771**

**946

Working population ****28.7%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.1% for men and 56.9% for women. 50% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 16 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (7%) · **■** Household industry 14 (8%) · **■** Other work 119 (68%) · **■** Marginal 13 (7%)

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

- Torang620 people
- Putidi619 people
- Gosaindi618 people
- Patub611 people
- Ankura601 people
- Badgaon594 people
- Pardi579 people
- Badgram578 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chamardag?607 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chamardag in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chamardag?72.2% (Census 2011)