# Jiara Village, Raghunathpur - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Raghunathpur - I, Puruliya 

# Jiara

Jiara is a village in Raghunathpur - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,635 people in 310 households**, the 22nd largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 64.2%.

- 1,635people (2011)
- 310households
- 65.9%literacy
- 1,006females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jiara

Of every 100 households in Jiara in 2011, 45 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Jiara · ■ Raghunathpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**89%

Tap water ****3%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****14%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****57%**

**71%

Use banking services ****63%**

**46%

Television ****32%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**22%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Jiara?

■ Jiara · ■ Raghunathpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.9%**

**64.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1006**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****858**

**964

Working population ****27.4%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.0% for men and 53.1% for women. 46% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 11 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 62 (14%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 173 (39%) · **■** Marginal 198 (44%)

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 Raghunathpur - I

- Ramkanali1,811 people
- Raidi1,754 people
- Metyala1,731 people
- Metyal Sahar1,709 people
- Salanchi1,476 people
- Bagatbari1,473 people
- Dumariakuri1,473 people
- Baghadabar1,456 people

[All 102 villages in Raghunathpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/raghunathpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jiara?1,635 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jiara in?Puruliya district (Raghunathpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jiara?65.9% (Census 2011)