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

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Village · Purulia - II, Puruliya 

# Sihuli

Sihuli is a village in Purulia - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,551 people in 821 households**, the 2nd largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 43.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 4,551people (2011)
- 821households
- 43.1%literacy
- 981females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sihuli

Of every 100 households in Sihuli in 2011, 18 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sihuli · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**93%

Tap water ****4%**

**2%

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

**6%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****61%**

**84%

Use banking services ****30%**

**41%

Television ****9%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**25%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Sihuli?

■ Sihuli · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****43.1%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****981**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****998**

**966

Working population ****32.1%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.8% for men and 29.0% for women. 44% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 136 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 251 (17%) · **■** Household industry 20 (1%) · **■** Other work 702 (48%) · **■** Marginal 351 (24%)

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

- Chharra6,131 people
- Bongabari4,215 people
- Ghongha3,803 people
- Dumdumi3,768 people
- Mahara3,367 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sihuli?4,551 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sihuli in?Puruliya district (Purulia - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sihuli?43.1% (Census 2011)