# Jargarya Village, Manbazar - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Manbazar - II, Puruliya 

# Jargarya

Jargarya is a village in Manbazar - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,266 people in 274 households**, the 19th largest of 124 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 60.3%.

- 1,266people (2011)
- 274households
- 61.4%literacy
- 987females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jargarya

Of every 100 households in Jargarya in 2011, 64 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Jargarya · ■ Manbazar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**4%

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

**0%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****34%**

**20%

Television ****20%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Jargarya?

■ Jargarya · ■ Manbazar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.4%**

**60.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****987**

**985

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1042**

**949

Working population ****49.2%**

**53.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.4% for men and 44.0% for women. 57% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 78 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 39 (6%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 69 (11%) · **■** Marginal 429 (69%)

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 Manbazar - II

- Chaukan1,354 people
- Basantapur1,347 people
- Nalkundi1,327 people
- Kumari1,288 people
- Purdaha1,231 people
- Raghunathpur1,207 people
- Dhabani1,203 people
- Panrra1,145 people

[All 136 villages in Manbazar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/manbazar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jargarya?1,266 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jargarya in?Puruliya district (Manbazar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jargarya?61.4% (Census 2011)