# Punchadi Village, Hura, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Hura, Puruliya 

# Punchadi

Punchadi is a village in Hura sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,163 people in 225 households**, the 41st largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 1,163people (2011)
- 225households
- 72.6%literacy
- 935females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Punchadi

Of every 100 households in Punchadi in 2011, 38 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Punchadi · ■ Hura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**5%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**75%

Use banking services ****85%**

**41%

Television ****19%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**25%

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 Punchadi?

■ Punchadi · ■ Hura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.6%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****935**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1197**

**954

Working population ****54.0%**

**48.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.0% for men and 58.8% for women. 57% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 110 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 57 (9%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 130 (21%) · **■** Marginal 327 (52%)

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 Hura

- Madhuban1,234 people
- Bathandi1,229 people
- Nishchintapur1,204 people
- Dumkadi1,177 people
- Manpur1,143 people
- Hura Keshabpur1,134 people
- Arjjunjora1,132 people
- Dandudi1,131 people

[All 116 villages in Hura](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/hura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Punchadi?1,163 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Punchadi in?Puruliya district (Hura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Punchadi?72.6% (Census 2011)