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

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Mirdi

Mirdi is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **441 people in 83 households**, the 95th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 441people (2011)
- 83households
- 51.2%literacy
- 926females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mirdi

Of every 100 households in Mirdi in 2011, 72 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Mirdi · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****72%**

**21%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

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

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**80%

Use banking services ****8%**

**30%

Television ****19%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**0%

None of these assets ****10%**

**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 Mirdi?

■ Mirdi · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****51.2%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****926**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****814**

**973

Working population ****31.1%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.0% for men and 37.9% for women. 48% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 37 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 47 (34%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 7 (5%) · **■** Marginal 45 (33%)

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

- Lupungdi499 people
- Narayanpur Alias Lakhipur497 people
- Nutun Rolla469 people
- Belamu457 people
- Narayanpur414 people
- Karumama413 people
- Basudebpur393 people
- Nischintapur383 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mirdi?441 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mirdi in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mirdi?51.2% (Census 2011)