# Anandabazar Village, Puncha, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Puncha, Puruliya 

# Anandabazar

Anandabazar is a village in Puncha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **254 people in 47 households**, the 90th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 254people (2011)
- 47households
- 69.0%literacy
- 1,082females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Anandabazar

Of every 100 households in Anandabazar in 2011, 60 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 71 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Anandabazar · ■ Puncha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****66%**

**92%

Tap water ****14%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**5%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**88%

Use banking services ****57%**

**34%

Television ****63%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****71%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

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

**26%

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 Anandabazar?

■ Anandabazar · ■ Puncha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.0%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1082**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****3000**

**969

Working population ****62.6%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.0% for men and 57.7% for women. 63% of men and 62% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 36 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (3%) · **■** Other work 10 (6%) · **■** Marginal 109 (69%)

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 Puncha

- Birdang313 people
- Butgora309 people
- Chaklalpur291 people
- Pratappur266 people
- Bahadurpur180 people
- Chak Altagora164 people
- Patkua153 people
- Kanchannagar148 people

[All 109 villages in Puncha](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/puncha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Anandabazar?254 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Anandabazar in?Puruliya district (Puncha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Anandabazar?69.0% (Census 2011)