Village · Chandipur, Purba Medinipur
# Burunda

Burunda is a village in Chandipur sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 886 people in 236 households, the 68th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 87.9%.
- 886 people (2011)
- 236 households
- 77.2% literacy
- 973 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Burunda

Of every 100 households in Burunda in 2011, 31 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Burunda · ■ Chandipur rural average
- Electricity for lighting 31% 44%
- Toilet within the home 97% 89%
- No toilet (open defecation) 1% 8%
- Tap water 0% 4%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 4%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 93%
- Use banking services 4% 30%
- Television 13% 14%
- Mobile phone 27% 40%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 5% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 9% 28%
- Own their home 99% 97%

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

## What is the population of Burunda?

■ Burunda · ■ Chandipur rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 77.2% 87.9%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 973 935
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1057 925
- Working population 33.5% 36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.8% for men and 69.3% for women. 55% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 4 (1%) · ■ Farm labourers 6 (2%) · ■ Household industry 7 (2%) · ■ Other work 23 (8%) · ■ Marginal 257 (87%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Chandipur
- Chak Purulia 1,022 people
- Gholda 1,001 people
- Dalbar 976 people
- Pinchhalda 955 people
- Uttar Iswarpur 885 people
- Daulatpur 859 people
- Dihipurluia 857 people
- Bhairabpur 829 people

All 112 villages in Chandipur

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Burunda? 886 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Burunda in? Purba Medinipur district (Chandipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Burunda? 77.2% (Census 2011)

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