# Gunja Village, Jaipur, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Jaipur, Puruliya 

# Gunja

Gunja is a village in Jaipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,850 people in 315 households**, the 19th largest of 109 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 1,850people (2011)
- 315households
- 70.3%literacy
- 915females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gunja

Of every 100 households in Gunja in 2011, 53 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Gunja · ■ Jaipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**96%

Tap water ****8%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**89%

Use banking services ****92%**

**49%

Television ****25%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**23%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Gunja?

■ Gunja · ■ Jaipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.3%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****915**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****796**

**937

Working population ****35.9%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.5% for men and 53.0% for women. 45% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 302 (45%) · **■** Farm labourers 78 (12%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 109 (16%) · **■** Marginal 173 (26%)

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 Jaipur

- Narayanpur2,061 people
- Ghaghra1,993 people
- Nutandi1,886 people
- Bangidiri1,850 people
- Chapaitanr1,743 people
- Bhaddi1,711 people
- Karmatanr1,705 people
- Patamjuri1,650 people

[All 112 villages in Jaipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jaipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gunja?1,850 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gunja in?Puruliya district (Jaipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gunja?70.3% (Census 2011)