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

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Urmad

Urmad is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **297 people in 62 households**, the 103rd largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 23.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 297people (2011)
- 62households
- 23.5%literacy
- 904females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Urmad

Of every 100 households in Urmad in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 7 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Urmad · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**21%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**8%

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

**1%

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

**80%

Use banking services ****30%**

**30%

Television ****0%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****7%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****56%**

**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 Urmad?

■ Urmad · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****23.5%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****904**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****575**

**973

Working population ****51.2%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 31.9% for men and 15.3% for women. 54% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 16 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Household industry 56 (37%) · **■** Other work 77 (51%) · **■** Marginal 2 (1%)

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

- Nischintapur383 people
- Lagam379 people
- Hanslata377 people
- Sulung Lahar337 people
- Rampur294 people
- Ikurhatu286 people
- Tamakbera268 people
- Chhota Hankol247 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Urmad?297 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Urmad in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Urmad?23.5% (Census 2011)