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

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Arkali

Arkali is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **812 people in 150 households**, the 59th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 41.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 812people (2011)
- 150households
- 41.1%literacy
- 871females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Arkali

Of every 100 households in Arkali in 2011, 15 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Arkali · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**21%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**8%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****2%**

**80%

Use banking services ****15%**

**30%

Television ****8%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**0%

None of these assets ****49%**

**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 Arkali?

■ Arkali · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****41.1%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****871**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****798**

**973

Working population ****53.1%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.3% for men and 19.6% for women. 47% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 5 (1%) · **■** Household industry 385 (89%) · **■** Other work 39 (9%) · **■** Marginal 2 (0%)

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

- Kuriyam858 people
- Chaitandi833 people
- Panrua826 people
- Jhilinglahar815 people
- Chayadi811 people
- Samalpur783 people
- Jaharhatu774 people
- Kanriyar773 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Arkali?812 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Arkali in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Arkali?41.1% (Census 2011)