# Kulhanda Village, Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur 

# Kulhanda

Kulhanda is a village in Kolaghat sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **902 people in 193 households**, the 81st largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.

- 902people (2011)
- 193households
- 88.0%literacy
- 996females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kulhanda

Of every 100 households in Kulhanda in 2011, 66 had electricity, 87 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kulhanda · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**61%

Toilet within the home ****87%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****8%**

**19%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**90%

Use banking services ****75%**

**44%

Television ****36%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**17%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Kulhanda?

■ Kulhanda · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.0%**

**84.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****996**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1235**

**942

Working population ****35.9%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.9% for men and 84.1% for women. 61% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 4 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 51 (16%) · **■** Household industry 29 (9%) · **■** Other work 172 (53%) · **■** Marginal 68 (21%)

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 Kolaghat

- Kaliswar1,081 people
- Arisanda991 people
- Dehati928 people
- Brindaban Chak923 people
- Kshetrahat840 people
- Ghola835 people
- Renubar817 people
- Sajnagachhya812 people

[All 109 villages in Kolaghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/kolaghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kulhanda?902 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kulhanda in?Purba Medinipur district (Kolaghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kulhanda?88.0% (Census 2011)