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

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Guridi

Guridi is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,008 people in 191 households**, the 45th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 1,008people (2011)
- 191households
- 52.3%literacy
- 888females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Guridi

Of every 100 households in Guridi in 2011, 79 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Guridi · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****79%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

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

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**80%

Use banking services ****70%**

**30%

Television ****7%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****22%**

**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 Guridi?

■ Guridi · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.3%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****888**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****909**

**973

Working population ****37.3%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.4% for men and 37.4% for women. 48% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 13 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 48 (13%) · **■** Household industry 106 (28%) · **■** Other work 43 (11%) · **■** Marginal 166 (44%)

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

- Harbaha1,078 people
- Chamchaka1,075 people
- Khatanga1,065 people
- Sarjumhatu1,042 people
- Nalkapi982 people
- Hetbatari973 people
- Pargo966 people
- Haratan965 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Guridi?1,008 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Guridi in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Guridi?52.3% (Census 2011)