Village · Chanditala - I, Hugli
# Chhunche

Chhunche is a village in Chanditala - I sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 2,569 people in 493 households, the 15th largest of 47 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 82.9%.
- 2,569 people (2011)
- 493 households
- 82.4% literacy
- 1,092 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chhunche

Of every 100 households in Chhunche in 2011, 90 had electricity, 74 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 24 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Chhunche · ■ Chanditala - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 90% 82%
- Toilet within the home 74% 67%
- No toilet (open defecation) 25% 31%
- Tap water 15% 10%
- Drinking water within premises 51% 36%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 6% 14%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 73% 68%
- Use banking services 63% 54%
- Television 31% 46%
- Mobile phone 72% 62%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 24% 18%
- Car / jeep / van 2% 2%
- None of these assets 10% 11%
- Own their home 96% 96%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Chhunche?

■ Chhunche · ■ Chanditala - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 82.4% 82.9%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1092 990
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 914 977
- Working population 32.5% 36.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.0% for men and 79.2% for women. 58% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 88 (11%) · ■ Farm labourers 79 (9%) · ■ Household industry 53 (6%) · ■ Other work 540 (65%) · ■ Marginal 76 (9%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Chanditala - I
- Alipur 3,091 people
- Metekhal 3,006 people
- Haripur 2,797 people
- Chak Tajpur 2,692 people
- Jalamadul 2,293 people
- Aushbati 2,246 people
- Sandhipur 2,186 people
- Bade Sola 2,094 people

All 47 villages in Chanditala - I

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Chhunche? 2,569 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chhunche in? Hugli district (Chanditala - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chhunche? 82.4% (Census 2011)

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