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

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Piprajara

Piprajara is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **301 people in 57 households**, the 109th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 301people (2011)
- 57households
- 77.6%literacy
- 1,034females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Piprajara

Of every 100 households in Piprajara in 2011, 75 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Piprajara · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****75%**

**27%

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

**6%

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

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****57%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****4%**

**39%

Television ****4%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**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 Piprajara?

■ Piprajara · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.6%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1034**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1556**

**946

Working population ****61.1%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.8% for men and 64.0% for women. 66% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 41 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 26 (14%) · **■** Other work 13 (7%) · **■** Marginal 104 (57%)

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

- Sangramdi355 people
- Mahadebpur334 people
- Serenaghatu329 people
- Kulajanga327 people
- Mesya297 people
- Jalambili276 people
- Ganruburu Alias Brahmandi275 people
- Bhusudi239 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Piprajara?301 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Piprajara in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Piprajara?77.6% (Census 2011)