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

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Pargo

Pargo is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **966 people in 196 households**, the 48th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 966people (2011)
- 196households
- 51.0%literacy
- 1,123females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pargo

Of every 100 households in Pargo in 2011, 9 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Pargo · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**8%

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

**1%

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

**80%

Use banking services ****30%**

**30%

Television ****10%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**0%

None of these assets ****34%**

**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 Pargo?

■ Pargo · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****51.0%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1123**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****933**

**973

Working population ****41.1%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.6% for men and 33.3% for women. 49% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 52 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 80 (20%) · **■** Other work 184 (46%) · **■** Marginal 80 (20%)

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

- Sarjumhatu1,042 people
- Guridi1,008 people
- Nalkapi982 people
- Hetbatari973 people
- Haratan965 people
- Rampur929 people
- Shyampur910 people
- Hankasara906 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pargo?966 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pargo in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pargo?51.0% (Census 2011)