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

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Chiruhatu

Chiruhatu is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,180 people in 420 households**, the 17th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 2,180people (2011)
- 420households
- 57.5%literacy
- 964females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chiruhatu

Of every 100 households in Chiruhatu in 2011, 16 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 5 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chiruhatu · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**21%

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

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**96%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

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

**8%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****37%**

**80%

Use banking services ****24%**

**30%

Television ****4%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****5%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****21%**

**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 Chiruhatu?

■ Chiruhatu · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.5%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****964**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****973**

**973

Working population ****45.6%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.7% for men and 30.3% for women. 50% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 86 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (0%) · **■** Household industry 885 (89%) · **■** Other work 20 (2%)

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

- Durgu2,462 people
- Rigid2,312 people
- Jiudaru2,232 people
- Mutukura2,185 people
- Adardi1,980 people
- Mohanpur1,875 people
- Oldi1,797 people
- Chitarpur Alias Kokarkhap1,779 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chiruhatu?2,180 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chiruhatu in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chiruhatu?57.5% (Census 2011)