# Chaukunya Village, Para, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Para, Puruliya 

# Chaukunya

Chaukunya is a village in Para sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **868 people in 162 households**, the 75th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.2%.

- 868people (2011)
- 162households
- 64.3%literacy
- 929females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaukunya

Of every 100 households in Chaukunya in 2011, 22 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Chaukunya · ■ Para rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**92%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**8%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**79%

Use banking services ****41%**

**47%

Television ****6%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**20%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Chaukunya?

■ Chaukunya · ■ Para rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.3%**

**65.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****929**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****863**

**968

Working population ****54.0%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.9% for men and 46.8% for women. 59% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 124 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 14 (3%) · **■** Other work 24 (5%) · **■** Marginal 307 (65%)

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 Para

- Churmi899 people
- Layara891 people
- Palaskura877 people
- Chalania871 people
- Kashiberia861 people
- Dhadkidi854 people
- Gobindapur846 people
- Mapuidi846 people

[All 132 villages in Para](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/para/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaukunya?868 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaukunya in?Puruliya district (Para sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chaukunya?64.3% (Census 2011)