# Arita Village, Purulia - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - II, Puruliya 

# Arita

Arita is a village in Purulia - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,216 people in 419 households**, the 26th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 2,216people (2011)
- 419households
- 59.2%literacy
- 984females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Arita

Of every 100 households in Arita in 2011, 24 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Arita · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**6%

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

**1%

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

**84%

Use banking services ****52%**

**41%

Television ****14%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**25%

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 Arita?

■ Arita · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.2%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****984**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****978**

**966

Working population ****31.9%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.4% for men and 46.8% for women. 52% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 54 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 174 (25%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 206 (29%) · **■** Marginal 271 (38%)

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 - II

- Sindurpur2,382 people
- Hatuara2,353 people
- Kotra2,316 people
- Chargali2,259 people
- Gengra2,181 people
- Baikata2,124 people
- Jambad2,115 people
- Jalika2,044 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Arita?2,216 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Arita in?Puruliya district (Purulia - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Arita?59.2% (Census 2011)