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

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Uhupiri

Uhupiri is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **738 people in 151 households**, the 71st largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 738people (2011)
- 151households
- 73.9%literacy
- 897females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Uhupiri

Of every 100 households in Uhupiri in 2011, 36 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Uhupiri · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****10%**

**39%

Television ****9%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****3%**

**25%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Uhupiri?

■ Uhupiri · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.9%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****897**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1075**

**946

Working population ****25.9%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.5% for men and 58.2% for women. 44% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 79 (41%) · **■** Farm labourers 17 (9%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 82 (43%) · **■** Marginal 12 (6%)

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

- Magha758 people
- Jojuhatu754 people
- Kiribera752 people
- Buribir748 people
- Raidi737 people
- Chhota Phuhara731 people
- Gopalpur726 people
- Digardi716 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Uhupiri?738 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Uhupiri in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Uhupiri?73.9% (Census 2011)