# Chalunia Village, Bundwan, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Bundwan, Puruliya 

# Chalunia

Chalunia is a village in Bundwan sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **78 people in 18 households**, the 126th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.2%.

- 78people (2011)
- 18households
- 55.2%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chalunia

Of every 100 households in Chalunia in 2011, 42 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chalunia · ■ Bundwan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**4%

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

**0%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****10%**

**20%

Television ****6%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**19%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****64%**

**27%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Chalunia?

■ Chalunia · ■ Bundwan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.2%**

**60.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**990

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1200**

**957

Working population ****62.8%**

**51.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.6% for men and 39.4% for women. 67% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Cultivators 1 (2%) · **■** Marginal 48 (98%)

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 Bundwan

- Poabad137 people
- Barakala135 people
- Barshol91 people
- Dhanpora86 people
- Bamandera50 people
- Kadaya50 people
- Andharjhor14 people
- Simabad13 people

[All 134 villages in Bundwan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/bundwan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chalunia?78 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chalunia in?Puruliya district (Bundwan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chalunia?55.2% (Census 2011)