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

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Karumama

Karumama is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **413 people in 81 households**, the 97th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 413people (2011)
- 81households
- 51.8%literacy
- 836females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karumama

Of every 100 households in Karumama in 2011, 8 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Karumama · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**21%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Tap water ****28%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**8%

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

**1%

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

**80%

Use banking services ****14%**

**30%

Television ****1%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****71%**

**35%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Karumama?

■ Karumama · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****51.8%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****836**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****733**

**973

Working population ****58.6%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.1% for men and 38.6% for women. 62% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 59 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 116 (48%) · **■** Household industry 8 (3%) · **■** Other work 5 (2%) · **■** Marginal 54 (22%)

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

- Nutun Rolla469 people
- Belamu457 people
- Mirdi441 people
- Narayanpur414 people
- Basudebpur393 people
- Nischintapur383 people
- Lagam379 people
- Hanslata377 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karumama?413 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karumama in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Karumama?51.8% (Census 2011)