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

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Poradi

Poradi is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **609 people in 139 households**, the 80th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 609people (2011)
- 139households
- 49.9%literacy
- 915females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Poradi

Of every 100 households in Poradi in 2011, 93 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Poradi · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****93%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**96%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**8%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**80%

Use banking services ****0%**

**30%

Television ****0%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****99%**

**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 Poradi?

■ Poradi · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.9%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****915**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****862**

**973

Working population ****43.2%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.5% for men and 26.6% for women. 52% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 8 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 75 (29%) · **■** Household industry 8 (3%) · **■** Marginal 172 (65%)

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

- Tahaddiri638 people
- Rahan626 people
- Chirugara622 people
- Mahuda618 people
- Khairi594 people
- Bagda586 people
- Dulmi586 people
- Bingdaru582 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Poradi?609 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Poradi in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Poradi?49.9% (Census 2011)