# Nawahatu, Jhalda - II, Puruliya – Population & Literacy

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Nawahatu

Nawahatu is a village in [Jhalda - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-ii/) sub-district of [Puruliya](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **1,625 people in 309 households**, the 26th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 1,625people (2011)
- 309households
- 51.1%literacy
- 970females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nawahatu

Of every 100 households in Nawahatu in 2011, 22 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Nawahatu · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**96%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**80%

Use banking services ****55%**

**30%

Television ****7%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****45%**

**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 Nawahatu?

■ Nawahatu · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****51.1%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****970**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1030**

**973

Working population ****35.5%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.8% for men and 32.6% for women. 49% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 9 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (1%) · **■** Household industry 45 (8%) · **■** Other work 113 (20%) · **■** Marginal 404 (70%)

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

- Tigra1,771 people
- Bara Hankol1,747 people
- Bara Metyala1,724 people
- Murulahar1,694 people
- Barudi1,605 people
- Ukma1,518 people
- Kanudi1,490 people
- Kotshila1,452 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nawahatu?1,625 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nawahatu in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nawahatu?51.1% (Census 2011)