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

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Kerawari

Kerawari is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,145 people in 243 households**, the 33rd largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 1,145people (2011)
- 243households
- 73.8%literacy
- 915females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kerawari

Of every 100 households in Kerawari in 2011, 0 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kerawari · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****74%**

**39%

Television ****1%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**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 Kerawari?

■ Kerawari · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.8%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****915**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****773**

**946

Working population ****45.2%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.6% for men and 59.1% for women. 55% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 190 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 20 (4%) · **■** Household industry 44 (9%) · **■** Other work 58 (11%) · **■** Marginal 205 (40%)

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

- Kuki1,220 people
- Dumardi1,184 people
- Orddana1,170 people
- Nayadi Alias Koradi1,168 people
- Mathari1,136 people
- Bhakuyadi1,135 people
- Chandai1,133 people
- Bansa1,101 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kerawari?1,145 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kerawari in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kerawari?73.8% (Census 2011)