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

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Jamlahar

Jamlahar is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **506 people in 105 households**, the 93rd largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 506people (2011)
- 105households
- 66.1%literacy
- 1,008females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jamlahar

Of every 100 households in Jamlahar in 2011, 20 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Jamlahar · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**11%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**90%

Use banking services ****76%**

**39%

Television ****10%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

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

**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 Jamlahar?

■ Jamlahar · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.1%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1008**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1486**

**946

Working population ****30.0%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.0% for men and 54.5% for women. 56% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 57 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (2%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 39 (26%) · **■** Marginal 52 (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

- Pardi579 people
- Badgram578 people
- Bagbinda533 people
- Palma526 people
- Panrri480 people
- Latar472 people
- Bandi460 people
- Nawagar443 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jamlahar?506 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jamlahar in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jamlahar?66.1% (Census 2011)