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

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Chirugara

Chirugara is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **622 people in 114 households**, the 78th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 622people (2011)
- 114households
- 56.7%literacy
- 896females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chirugara

Of every 100 households in Chirugara in 2011, 8 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chirugara · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**96%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

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

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**80%

Use banking services ****32%**

**30%

Television ****4%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****26%**

**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 Chirugara?

■ Chirugara · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.7%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****896**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1171**

**973

Working population ****43.1%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.7% for men and 40.2% for women. 55% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 103 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 49 (18%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 9 (3%) · **■** Marginal 105 (39%)

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

- Maramu661 people
- Shalgram653 people
- Tahaddiri638 people
- Rahan626 people
- Mahuda618 people
- Poradi609 people
- Khairi594 people
- Bagda586 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chirugara?622 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chirugara in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chirugara?56.7% (Census 2011)