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

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Khatjuri

Khatjuri is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,400 people in 290 households**, the 21st largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 1,400people (2011)
- 290households
- 69.9%literacy
- 907females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Khatjuri

Of every 100 households in Khatjuri in 2011, 38 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Khatjuri · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**90%

Use banking services ****34%**

**39%

Television ****24%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**25%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Khatjuri?

■ Khatjuri · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.9%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****907**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1279**

**946

Working population ****42.1%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.3% for men and 54.1% for women. 61% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 179 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 29 (5%) · **■** Household industry 57 (10%) · **■** Other work 128 (22%) · **■** Marginal 196 (33%)

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

- Maru1,658 people
- Sarjamhatu1,624 people
- Benga1,474 people
- Dumaria1,459 people
- Hesatu1,386 people
- Pilai1,339 people
- Dulmi1,317 people
- Hepad1,315 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Khatjuri?1,400 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khatjuri in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Khatjuri?69.9% (Census 2011)