# Chaunia, Bagmundi, Puruliya – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bagmundi, Puruliya 

# Chaunia

Chaunia is a village in [Bagmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/bagmundi/) sub-district of [Puruliya](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **158 people in 29 households**, the 118th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 158people (2011)
- 29households
- 55.4%literacy
- 975females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaunia

Of every 100 households in Chaunia in 2011, 0 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 3 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chaunia · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****97%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**8%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****90%**

**30%

Television ****0%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****3%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****47%**

**27%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Chaunia?

■ Chaunia · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.4%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****975**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1375**

**951

Working population ****65.2%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.7% for men and 43.3% for women. 60% of men and 71% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 5 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 14 (14%) · **■** Other work 7 (7%) · **■** Marginal 77 (75%)

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 Bagmundi

- Gosaidi183 people
- Matiala180 people
- Lawakui177 people
- Srirampur164 people
- Garur Jhama152 people
- Chhatrajara133 people
- Kushumtikri132 people
- Susnidi127 people

[All 142 villages in Bagmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/bagmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaunia?158 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaunia in?Puruliya district (Bagmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chaunia?55.4% (Census 2011)