Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya
# Pat Jhalda

Pat Jhalda is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,085 people in 223 households, the 38th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.
- 1,085 people (2011)
- 223 households
- 67.3% literacy
- 958 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pat Jhalda

Of every 100 households in Pat Jhalda in 2011, 39 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pat Jhalda · ■ Jhalda - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 39% 27%
- Toilet within the home 16% 6%
- No toilet (open defecation) 84% 93%
- Tap water 0% 1%
- Drinking water within premises 5% 11%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 9% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 86% 90%
- Use banking services 49% 39%
- Television 24% 10%
- Mobile phone 32% 24%
- Computer with internet 1% 0%
- Two-wheeler 4% 6%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 48% 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 Pat Jhalda?

■ Pat Jhalda · ■ Jhalda - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 67.3% 66.7%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 958 958
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 918 946
- Working population 30.3% 42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.2% for men and 55.0% for women. 50% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 28 (9%) · ■ Farm labourers 13 (4%) · ■ Household industry 5 (2%) · ■ Other work 250 (76%) · ■ Marginal 33 (10%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Jhalda - I
- Mathari 1,136 people
- Bhakuyadi 1,135 people
- Chandai 1,133 people
- Bansa 1,101 people
- Chatumghutu 1,058 people
- Bandulahar 1,043 people
- Akahara 1,009 people
- Chandamosina 1,006 people

All 142 villages in Jhalda - I

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Pat Jhalda? 1,085 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pat Jhalda in? Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pat Jhalda? 67.3% (Census 2011)

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