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

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Olgara

Olgara is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **807 people in 172 households**, the 63rd largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 807people (2011)
- 172households
- 69.4%literacy
- 993females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Olgara

Of every 100 households in Olgara in 2011, 0 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 4 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Olgara · ■ 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 ****2%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****17%**

**39%

Television ****0%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****4%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**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 Olgara?

■ Olgara · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.4%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****993**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****836**

**946

Working population ****60.0%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.0% for men and 52.3% for women. 59% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 35 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 69 (14%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 5 (1%) · **■** Marginal 374 (77%)

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

- Kashidi852 people
- Patmadi841 people
- Gokulnagar835 people
- Dulla808 people
- Chak Kerayari780 people
- Metyala775 people
- Merend759 people
- Magha758 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Olgara?807 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Olgara in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Olgara?69.4% (Census 2011)