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

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Urusharam

Urusharam is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,289 people in 256 households**, the 35th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 1,289people (2011)
- 256households
- 50.3%literacy
- 965females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Urusharam

Of every 100 households in Urusharam in 2011, 9 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Urusharam · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**21%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Tap water ****39%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**8%

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

**1%

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

**80%

Use banking services ****22%**

**30%

Television ****4%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****30%**

**35%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Urusharam?

■ Urusharam · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.3%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****965**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1076**

**973

Working population ****43.8%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.8% for men and 32.9% for women. 56% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 138 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 40 (7%) · **■** Household industry 219 (39%) · **■** Other work 149 (26%) · **■** Marginal 19 (3%)

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

- Karche1,448 people
- Chatambari1,372 people
- Timangda1,334 people
- Simni1,327 people
- Damrughutu1,284 people
- Panrrama1,254 people
- Katia1,239 people
- Panrra1,225 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Urusharam?1,289 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Urusharam in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Urusharam?50.3% (Census 2011)