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

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Saramba

Saramba is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **871 people in 165 households**, the 54th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 871people (2011)
- 165households
- 72.8%literacy
- 989females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Saramba

Of every 100 households in Saramba in 2011, 17 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Saramba · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**90%

Use banking services ****32%**

**39%

Television ****8%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**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 Saramba?

■ Saramba · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.8%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****989**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1070**

**946

Working population ****48.7%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.6% for men and 56.6% for women. 57% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 1 (0%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (1%) · **■** Household industry 35 (8%) · **■** Other work 46 (11%) · **■** Marginal 337 (79%)

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

- Turdag912 people
- Tanasi903 people
- Madhupur902 people
- Tanasi878 people
- Bara Ganta870 people
- Nutandi864 people
- Chaupad861 people
- Durgu853 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Saramba?871 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saramba in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Saramba?72.8% (Census 2011)