# Kanudi Village, Jhalda - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Kanudi

Kanudi is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,490 people in 254 households**, the 29th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 1,490people (2011)
- 254households
- 56.2%literacy
- 933females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanudi

Of every 100 households in Kanudi in 2011, 3 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kanudi · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**21%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**8%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**80%

Use banking services ****43%**

**30%

Television ****2%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****25%**

**35%

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 Kanudi?

■ Kanudi · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.2%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****933**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**973

Working population ****54.1%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.5% for men and 30.7% for women. 53% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 71 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 151 (19%) · **■** Household industry 98 (12%) · **■** Other work 74 (9%) · **■** Marginal 412 (51%)

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 - II

- Murulahar1,694 people
- Nawahatu1,625 people
- Barudi1,605 people
- Ukma1,518 people
- Kotshila1,452 people
- Karche1,448 people
- Chatambari1,372 people
- Timangda1,334 people

[All 129 villages in Jhalda - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanudi?1,490 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanudi in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanudi?56.2% (Census 2011)