Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya
# Ona

Ona is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 966 people in 200 households, the 44th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.
- 966 people (2011)
- 200 households
- 57.9% literacy
- 940 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ona

Of every 100 households in Ona in 2011, 0 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ona · ■ Jhalda - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 0% 27%
- Toilet within the home 15% 6%
- No toilet (open defecation) 85% 93%
- Tap water 0% 1%
- Drinking water within premises 6% 11%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 90%
- Use banking services 47% 39%
- Television 0% 10%
- Mobile phone 20% 24%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 2% 6%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 30% 25%
- Own their home 99% 99%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Ona?

■ Ona · ■ Jhalda - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 57.9% 66.7%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 940 958
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 966 946
- Working population 45.2% 42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.5% for men and 43.3% for women. 55% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 2 (0%) · ■ Farm labourers 1 (0%) · ■ Household industry 2 (0%) · ■ Other work 15 (3%) · ■ Marginal 417 (95%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Jhalda - I
- Bandulahar 1,043 people
- Akahara 1,009 people
- Chandamosina 1,006 people
- Darpa 992 people
- Mahatamara 963 people
- Karmadi 959 people
- Kansra 936 people
- Bisiria 919 people

All 142 villages in Jhalda - I

## Other places named Ona
- Ona · Village, Bicholim, North Goa · 685 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Ona? 966 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ona in? Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ona? 57.9% (Census 2011)

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