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

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Jargo

Jargo is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,083 people in 897 households**, the 3rd largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 4,083people (2011)
- 897households
- 69.1%literacy
- 969females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jargo

Of every 100 households in Jargo in 2011, 22 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Jargo · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**93%

Tap water ****2%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**90%

Use banking services ****67%**

**39%

Television ****14%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**25%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Jargo?

■ Jargo · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.1%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****969**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1045**

**946

Working population ****40.9%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.9% for men and 55.9% for women. 52% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 209 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 64 (4%) · **■** Household industry 36 (2%) · **■** Other work 260 (16%) · **■** Marginal 1,100 (66%)

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

- Tulin9,844 people
- Ichag4,951 people
- Ilu3,131 people
- Masina2,724 people
- Kalma2,536 people
- Pusti2,374 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jargo?4,083 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jargo in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jargo?69.1% (Census 2011)