# Garia Village, Jhalda - I, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Garia

Garia is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,726 people in 334 households**, the 13th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 1,726people (2011)
- 334households
- 65.7%literacy
- 922females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Garia

Of every 100 households in Garia in 2011, 25 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Garia · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**27%

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

**6%

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

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**11%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**90%

Use banking services ****21%**

**39%

Television ****10%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****47%**

**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 Garia?

■ Garia · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.7%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****922**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****870**

**946

Working population ****42.8%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.1% for men and 49.3% for women. 54% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 204 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 239 (32%) · **■** Other work 42 (6%) · **■** Marginal 254 (34%)

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

- Birudi2,230 people
- Hesla2,130 people
- Kusi1,998 people
- Khamar1,799 people
- Danrda1,675 people
- Kudlum1,662 people
- Udaysiru1,660 people
- Maru1,658 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Garia?1,726 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Garia in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Garia?65.7% (Census 2011)