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

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Village · Purulia - I, Puruliya 

# Jeledi

Jeledi is a village in Purulia - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,784 people in 334 households**, the 26th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 28.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 1,784people (2011)
- 334households
- 28.9%literacy
- 929females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jeledi

Of every 100 households in Jeledi in 2011, 57 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 4 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Jeledi · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**8%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**84%

Use banking services ****32%**

**44%

Television ****2%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****4%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**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 Jeledi?

■ Jeledi · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****28.9%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****929**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****995**

**934

Working population ****46.5%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 40.9% for men and 15.6% for women. 55% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 8 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 24 (3%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 328 (40%) · **■** Marginal 466 (56%)

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

- Balguma2,353 people
- Durku2,315 people
- Tentlo2,082 people
- Pandrama1,838 people
- Salikakumarda1,784 people
- Chipida1,716 people
- Golbera1,634 people
- Pichasi1,614 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jeledi?1,784 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jeledi in?Puruliya district (Purulia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jeledi?28.9% (Census 2011)