# Ghagharjuri Village, Purulia - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - I, Puruliya 

# Ghagharjuri

Ghagharjuri is a village in Purulia - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,092 people in 588 households**, the 12th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 3,092people (2011)
- 588households
- 57.7%literacy
- 967females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghagharjuri

Of every 100 households in Ghagharjuri in 2011, 38 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ghagharjuri · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**84%

Use banking services ****14%**

**44%

Television ****14%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Ghagharjuri?

■ Ghagharjuri · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.7%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****967**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1010**

**934

Working population ****44.1%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.0% for men and 44.9% for women. 51% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 226 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 410 (30%) · **■** Household industry 24 (2%) · **■** Other work 133 (10%) · **■** Marginal 570 (42%)

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 Purulia - I

- Damda3,302 people
- Chakda3,275 people
- Belkundi3,183 people
- Kotloi3,151 people
- Chakra2,987 people
- Sanaijuri2,985 people
- Nadiyara2,912 people
- Rudra2,659 people

[All 114 villages in Purulia - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/purulia-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghagharjuri?3,092 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghagharjuri in?Puruliya district (Purulia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghagharjuri?57.7% (Census 2011)