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

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Kudlum

Kudlum is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,662 people in 338 households**, the 15th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 1,662people (2011)
- 338households
- 61.8%literacy
- 915females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kudlum

Of every 100 households in Kudlum in 2011, 39 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kudlum · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**27%

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

**6%

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

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****23%**

**39%

Television ****12%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**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 Kudlum?

■ Kudlum · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.8%**

**66.7%

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

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****870**

**946

Working population ****45.8%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.2% for men and 48.4% for women. 53% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 232 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 122 (16%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 87 (11%) · **■** Marginal 318 (42%)

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

- Kusi1,998 people
- Khamar1,799 people
- Garia1,726 people
- Danrda1,675 people
- Udaysiru1,660 people
- Maru1,658 people
- Sarjamhatu1,624 people
- Benga1,474 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kudlum?1,662 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kudlum in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kudlum?61.8% (Census 2011)