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

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Belamu

Belamu is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **457 people in 90 households**, the 94th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 457people (2011)
- 90households
- 57.8%literacy
- 1,013females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Belamu

Of every 100 households in Belamu in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 4 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Belamu · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**21%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

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

**8%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**80%

Use banking services ****0%**

**30%

Television ****1%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****4%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****12%**

**35%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Belamu?

■ Belamu · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.8%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1013**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1219**

**973

Working population ****49.0%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.9% for men and 37.2% for women. 50% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 83 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 4 (2%) · **■** Marginal 134 (60%)

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

- Rajadera502 people
- Lupungdi499 people
- Narayanpur Alias Lakhipur497 people
- Nutun Rolla469 people
- Mirdi441 people
- Narayanpur414 people
- Karumama413 people
- Basudebpur393 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Belamu?457 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Belamu in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Belamu?57.8% (Census 2011)