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

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Postabera

Postabera is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **198 people in 41 households**, the 119th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 198people (2011)
- 41households
- 59.1%literacy
- 1,084females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Postabera

Of every 100 households in Postabera in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Postabera · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****76%**

**39%

Television ****5%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****67%**

**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 Postabera?

■ Postabera · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.1%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1084**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1077**

**946

Working population ****52.5%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.5% for men and 49.4% for women. 48% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 1 (1%) · **■** Household industry 10 (10%) · **■** Other work 48 (46%) · **■** Marginal 45 (43%)

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

- Adaldi212 people
- Gatilaba206 people
- Kudagara205 people
- Lakshudi204 people
- Baddi195 people
- Barabakad184 people
- Kulajanga148 people
- Telidi120 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Postabera?198 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Postabera in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Postabera?59.1% (Census 2011)