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

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Guridi

Guridi is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **415 people in 71 households**, the 101st largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 415people (2011)
- 71households
- 68.9%literacy
- 1,065females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Guridi

Of every 100 households in Guridi in 2011, 28 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Guridi · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**93%

Tap water ****11%**

**1%

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

**11%

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

**2%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****34%**

**39%

Television ****10%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**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 Guridi?

■ Guridi · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.9%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1065**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1667**

**946

Working population ****59.5%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.1% for men and 54.6% for women. 64% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 141 (57%) · **■** Farm labourers 35 (14%) · **■** Household industry 29 (12%) · **■** Other work 18 (7%) · **■** Marginal 24 (10%)

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

- Nawagar443 people
- Ichatu441 people
- Betad437 people
- Krishnapur Alias Nutandi423 people
- Bara Phuhara405 people
- Bargram396 people
- Mahakudar363 people
- Sangramdi355 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Guridi?415 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Guridi in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Guridi?68.9% (Census 2011)