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

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Katia

Katia is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,239 people in 252 households**, the 38th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 1,239people (2011)
- 252households
- 54.3%literacy
- 1,028females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Katia

Of every 100 households in Katia in 2011, 33 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Katia · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**21%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**8%

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

**1%

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

**80%

Use banking services ****40%**

**30%

Television ****10%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****42%**

**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 Katia?

■ Katia · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.3%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1028**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****991**

**973

Working population ****49.8%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.9% for men and 37.3% for women. 52% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 18 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (0%) · **■** Household industry 332 (54%) · **■** Other work 97 (16%) · **■** Marginal 168 (27%)

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

- Simni1,327 people
- Urusharam1,289 people
- Damrughutu1,284 people
- Panrrama1,254 people
- Panrra1,225 people
- Chatrani1,157 people
- Harbaha1,078 people
- Chamchaka1,075 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Katia?1,239 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Katia in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Katia?54.3% (Census 2011)