# Adardi Village, Jhalda - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Adardi

Adardi is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,980 people in 340 households**, the 18th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 1,980people (2011)
- 340households
- 63.1%literacy
- 960females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Adardi

Of every 100 households in Adardi in 2011, 9 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Adardi · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**96%

Tap water ****2%**

**8%

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

**8%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****24%**

**80%

Use banking services ****8%**

**30%

Television ****5%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****44%**

**35%

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 Adardi?

■ Adardi · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.1%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****960**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****940**

**973

Working population ****40.9%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.0% for men and 35.2% for women. 48% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 22 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 657 (81%) · **■** Other work 74 (9%) · **■** Marginal 56 (7%)

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 - II

- Rigid2,312 people
- Jiudaru2,232 people
- Mutukura2,185 people
- Chiruhatu2,180 people
- Mohanpur1,875 people
- Oldi1,797 people
- Chitarpur Alias Kokarkhap1,779 people
- Tigra1,771 people

[All 129 villages in Jhalda - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Adardi?1,980 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Adardi in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Adardi?63.1% (Census 2011)