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

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Karmadi

Karmadi is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **959 people in 215 households**, the 46th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 959people (2011)
- 215households
- 69.8%literacy
- 1,027females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karmadi

Of every 100 households in Karmadi in 2011, 9 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 7 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Karmadi · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**93%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**11%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**90%

Use banking services ****9%**

**39%

Television ****5%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****7%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****48%**

**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 Karmadi?

■ Karmadi · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.8%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1027**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1057**

**946

Working population ****34.5%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.1% for men and 51.9% for women. 51% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 76 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (2%) · **■** Household industry 12 (4%) · **■** Other work 26 (8%) · **■** Marginal 210 (63%)

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

- Chandamosina1,006 people
- Darpa992 people
- Ona966 people
- Mahatamara963 people
- Kansra936 people
- Bisiria919 people
- Durgi917 people
- Turdag912 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karmadi?959 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karmadi in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Karmadi?69.8% (Census 2011)