# Arun Village, Kharagpur - II, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kharagpur - II, Paschim Medinipur 

# Arun

Arun is a village in Kharagpur - II sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **968 people in 215 households**, the 52nd largest of 330 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.1%.

- 968people (2011)
- 215households
- 83.3%literacy
- 960females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Arun

Of every 100 households in Arun in 2011, 26 had electricity, 72 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Arun · ■ Kharagpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****72%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****28%**

**50%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**26%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**94%

Use banking services ****17%**

**42%

Television ****12%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Arun?

■ Arun · ■ Kharagpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.3%**

**76.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****960**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1155**

**970

Working population ****44.5%**

**43.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.3% for men and 74.7% for women. 62% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 86 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 109 (25%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 134 (31%) · **■** Marginal 100 (23%)

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 Kharagpur - II

- Digra990 people
- Chaupanya987 people
- Ambigere977 people
- Baragere977 people
- Mrijapur958 people
- Bhandaria927 people
- Beguna914 people
- Shyamchak910 people

[All 353 villages in Kharagpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/kharagpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Arun?968 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Arun in?Paschim Medinipur district (Kharagpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Arun?83.3% (Census 2011)