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

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Village · Purulia - II, Puruliya 

# Jalika

Jalika is a village in Purulia - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,044 people in 458 households**, the 30th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 2,044people (2011)
- 458households
- 51.8%literacy
- 921females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jalika

Of every 100 households in Jalika in 2011, 20 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Jalika · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**93%

Tap water ****3%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****63%**

**84%

Use banking services ****16%**

**41%

Television ****11%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****54%**

**25%

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 Jalika?

■ Jalika · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****51.8%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****921**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****923**

**966

Working population ****55.4%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.4% for men and 37.1% for women. 63% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 88 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 208 (18%) · **■** Household industry 16 (1%) · **■** Other work 88 (8%) · **■** Marginal 732 (65%)

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

- Arita2,216 people
- Gengra2,181 people
- Baikata2,124 people
- Jambad2,115 people
- Balarampur1,972 people
- Chakirban1,945 people
- Kandhurka Alias Bhabanipur1,873 people
- Mahudal Bazar1,767 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jalika?2,044 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jalika in?Puruliya district (Purulia - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jalika?51.8% (Census 2011)