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

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Jaharhatu

Jaharhatu is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **774 people in 166 households**, the 62nd largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 774people (2011)
- 166households
- 70.4%literacy
- 930females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jaharhatu

Of every 100 households in Jaharhatu in 2011, 14 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jaharhatu · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**8%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**80%

Use banking services ****66%**

**30%

Television ****4%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****69%**

**35%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Jaharhatu?

■ Jaharhatu · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.4%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****930**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1107**

**973

Working population ****31.0%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.6% for men and 54.7% for women. 53% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 45 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 13 (5%) · **■** Household industry 11 (5%) · **■** Other work 152 (63%) · **■** Marginal 19 (8%)

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

- Jhilinglahar815 people
- Arkali812 people
- Chayadi811 people
- Samalpur783 people
- Kanriyar773 people
- Banahata764 people
- Tiraldi Alias Goaladi758 people
- Jabar756 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jaharhatu?774 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jaharhatu in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jaharhatu?70.4% (Census 2011)