# Oldi Village, Jhalda - II, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Oldi

Oldi is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,797 people in 334 households**, the 20th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 1,797people (2011)
- 334households
- 64.7%literacy
- 973females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Oldi

Of every 100 households in Oldi in 2011, 41 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Oldi · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**96%

Tap water ****5%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**8%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****72%**

**80%

Use banking services ****16%**

**30%

Television ****18%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****14%**

**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 Oldi?

■ Oldi · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.7%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****973**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1035**

**973

Working population ****46.7%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.5% for men and 45.3% for women. 54% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 107 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 15 (2%) · **■** Household industry 356 (42%) · **■** Other work 101 (12%) · **■** Marginal 261 (31%)

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

- Mutukura2,185 people
- Chiruhatu2,180 people
- Adardi1,980 people
- Mohanpur1,875 people
- Chitarpur Alias Kokarkhap1,779 people
- Tigra1,771 people
- Bara Hankol1,747 people
- Bara Metyala1,724 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Oldi?1,797 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Oldi in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Oldi?64.7% (Census 2011)