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

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Ghutia

Ghutia is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,280 people in 403 households**, the 8th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 2,280people (2011)
- 403households
- 63.5%literacy
- 1,011females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghutia

Of every 100 households in Ghutia in 2011, 12 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ghutia · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**11%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**90%

Use banking services ****66%**

**39%

Television ****4%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**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 Ghutia?

■ Ghutia · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.5%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1011**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****911**

**946

Working population ****45.9%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.5% for men and 48.9% for women. 51% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 111 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 94 (9%) · **■** Household industry 92 (9%) · **■** Other work 107 (10%) · **■** Marginal 643 (61%)

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

- Ilu3,131 people
- Masina2,724 people
- Kalma2,536 people
- Pusti2,374 people
- Birudi2,230 people
- Hesla2,130 people
- Kusi1,998 people
- Khamar1,799 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghutia?2,280 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghutia in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghutia?63.5% (Census 2011)