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

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Rigid

Rigid is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,312 people in 476 households**, the 14th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 2,312people (2011)
- 476households
- 53.0%literacy
- 925females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rigid

Of every 100 households in Rigid in 2011, 25 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Rigid · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**21%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**8%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**80%

Use banking services ****19%**

**30%

Television ****7%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****41%**

**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 Rigid?

■ Rigid · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.0%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****925**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****902**

**973

Working population ****55.5%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.4% for men and 35.4% for women. 58% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 94 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 46 (4%) · **■** Household industry 207 (16%) · **■** Other work 164 (13%) · **■** Marginal 772 (60%)

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

- Murguma2,749 people
- Dimu2,471 people
- Matkuma2,465 people
- Durgu2,462 people
- Jiudaru2,232 people
- Mutukura2,185 people
- Chiruhatu2,180 people
- Adardi1,980 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rigid?2,312 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rigid in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rigid?53.0% (Census 2011)