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

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Ukma

Ukma is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,518 people in 295 households**, the 28th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 1,518people (2011)
- 295households
- 56.6%literacy
- 1,016females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ukma

Of every 100 households in Ukma in 2011, 9 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 6 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ukma · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

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

**8%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****80%**

**80%

Use banking services ****8%**

**30%

Television ****3%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****6%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****50%**

**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 Ukma?

■ Ukma · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.6%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1016**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****966**

**973

Working population ****33.4%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.9% for men and 39.9% for women. 52% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 99 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 29 (6%) · **■** Marginal 375 (74%)

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

- Bara Metyala1,724 people
- Murulahar1,694 people
- Nawahatu1,625 people
- Barudi1,605 people
- Kanudi1,490 people
- Kotshila1,452 people
- Karche1,448 people
- Chatambari1,372 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ukma?1,518 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ukma in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ukma?56.6% (Census 2011)