# Chhoto Ganja Village, Jhalda - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Chhoto Ganja

Chhoto Ganja is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **622 people in 119 households**, the 81st largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 622people (2011)
- 119households
- 74.0%literacy
- 1,060females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chhoto Ganja

Of every 100 households in Chhoto Ganja in 2011, 0 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Chhoto Ganja · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****78%**

**39%

Television ****2%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**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 Chhoto Ganja?

■ Chhoto Ganja · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.0%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1060**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****826**

**946

Working population ****56.4%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.0% for men and 58.5% for women. 56% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 76 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 137 (39%) · **■** Household industry 58 (17%) · **■** Other work 69 (20%) · **■** Marginal 11 (3%)

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

- Kutidih706 people
- Paprahurum689 people
- Uhatu660 people
- Bandi Alias Jagannathdi653 people
- Torang620 people
- Putidi619 people
- Gosaindi618 people
- Patub611 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chhoto Ganja?622 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chhoto Ganja in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chhoto Ganja?74.0% (Census 2011)