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

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Village · Purulia - I, Puruliya 

# Khojda

Khojda is a village in Purulia - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **635 people in 137 households**, the 79th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 635people (2011)
- 137households
- 73.3%literacy
- 966females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Khojda

Of every 100 households in Khojda in 2011, 66 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Khojda · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**31%

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

**7%

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

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**8%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**84%

Use banking services ****7%**

**44%

Television ****13%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Khojda?

■ Khojda · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.3%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****966**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1476**

**934

Working population ****29.4%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.6% for men and 56.0% for women. 55% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 65 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (3%) · **■** Other work 113 (60%) · **■** Marginal 3 (2%)

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

- Dulmi672 people
- Karamara664 people
- Uchali657 people
- Barakdi635 people
- Mayradi634 people
- Bagdadi576 people
- Bungera571 people
- Dumardi548 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Khojda?635 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khojda in?Puruliya district (Purulia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Khojda?73.3% (Census 2011)