# Kuki Village, Jhalda - I, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Kuki

Kuki is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,220 people in 219 households**, the 29th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 1,220people (2011)
- 219households
- 67.7%literacy
- 927females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kuki

Of every 100 households in Kuki in 2011, 23 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kuki · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**11%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**90%

Use banking services ****25%**

**39%

Television ****18%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**25%

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 Kuki?

■ Kuki · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.7%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****927**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****856**

**946

Working population ****31.1%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.3% for men and 52.3% for women. 45% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 2 (1%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 25 (7%) · **■** Marginal 348 (92%)

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 Jhalda - I

- Hepad1,315 people
- Brajapur1,271 people
- Nayadi1,246 people
- Chhoto Bakad1,243 people
- Dumardi1,184 people
- Orddana1,170 people
- Nayadi Alias Koradi1,168 people
- Kerawari1,145 people

[All 142 villages in Jhalda - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kuki?1,220 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kuki in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kuki?67.7% (Census 2011)