# Pilai Village, Jhalda - I, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Pilai

Pilai is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,339 people in 284 households**, the 23rd largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 1,339people (2011)
- 284households
- 55.3%literacy
- 1,057females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pilai

Of every 100 households in Pilai in 2011, 12 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 9 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pilai · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**93%

Tap water ****7%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**11%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**90%

Use banking services ****6%**

**39%

Television ****8%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****9%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**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 Pilai?

■ Pilai · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.3%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1057**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1045**

**946

Working population ****31.9%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.9% for men and 39.6% for women. 53% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 178 (42%) · **■** Farm labourers 91 (21%) · **■** Household industry 36 (8%) · **■** Other work 69 (16%) · **■** Marginal 53 (12%)

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

- Benga1,474 people
- Dumaria1,459 people
- Khatjuri1,400 people
- Hesatu1,386 people
- Dulmi1,317 people
- Hepad1,315 people
- Brajapur1,271 people
- Nayadi1,246 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pilai?1,339 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pilai in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pilai?55.3% (Census 2011)