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

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Village · Bundwan, Puruliya 

# Kunchia

Kunchia is a village in Bundwan sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,279 people in 489 households**, the 3rd largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 60.2%.

- 2,279people (2011)
- 489households
- 59.6%literacy
- 961females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kunchia

Of every 100 households in Kunchia in 2011, 22 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Kunchia · ■ Bundwan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**95%

Tap water ****3%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**97%

Use banking services ****30%**

**20%

Television ****15%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**19%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**27%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Kunchia?

■ Kunchia · ■ Bundwan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.6%**

**60.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****961**

**990

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1068**

**957

Working population ****45.6%**

**51.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.6% for men and 47.8% for women. 52% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 79 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 233 (22%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 146 (14%) · **■** Marginal 574 (55%)

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

- Supudi2,567 people
- Gangamanna2,331 people
- Sirisgora2,261 people
- Chilla2,217 people
- Dhadka1,896 people
- Pargela1,861 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kunchia?2,279 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kunchia in?Puruliya district (Bundwan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kunchia?59.6% (Census 2011)