# Pundibari Village, Dhupguri, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Dhupguri, Jalpaiguri 

# Pundibari

Pundibari is a village in Dhupguri sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,491 people in 343 households**, the 87th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.2%.

- 1,491people (2011)
- 343households
- 75.5%literacy
- 980females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pundibari

Of every 100 households in Pundibari in 2011, 14 had electricity, 45 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pundibari · ■ Dhupguri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****45%**

**37%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**61%

Tap water ****10%**

**23%

Drinking water within premises ****63%**

**56%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****64%**

**95%

Use banking services ****41%**

**58%

Television ****14%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**30%

Own their home ****97%**

**78%

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 Pundibari?

■ Pundibari · ■ Dhupguri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.5%**

**69.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****980**

**969

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****933**

**962

Working population ****45.7%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.0% for men and 68.0% for women. 58% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 199 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 110 (16%) · **■** Household industry 15 (2%) · **■** Other work 128 (19%) · **■** Marginal 229 (34%)

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 Dhupguri

- Dakshin Sakojhora1,940 people
- Paschim Dangapara1,864 people
- Gadang Dwitia Khanda1,762 people
- Garakhuta1,745 people
- Uttar Jhor Altagram1,463 people
- Gadang Pratham Khanda1,454 people
- Patkidaha1,405 people
- Lakshmikantapur Tea Garden1,229 people

[All 102 villages in Dhupguri](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/dhupguri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pundibari?1,491 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pundibari in?Jalpaiguri district (Dhupguri sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pundibari?75.5% (Census 2011)