# Chhirudi Village, Puncha, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/puncha/chhirudi/

Village · Puncha, Puruliya 

# Chhirudi

Chhirudi is a village in Puncha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,243 people in 441 households**, the 17th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 2,243people (2011)
- 441households
- 61.5%literacy
- 945females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chhirudi

Of every 100 households in Chhirudi in 2011, 31 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chhirudi · ■ Puncha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**5%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**88%

Use banking services ****70%**

**34%

Television ****16%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**26%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Chhirudi?

■ Chhirudi · ■ Puncha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.5%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****945**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****900**

**969

Working population ****42.9%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.6% for men and 47.8% for women. 57% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 85 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 284 (29%) · **■** Other work 145 (15%) · **■** Marginal 449 (47%)

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

- Deorang2,379 people
- Bagda2,370 people
- Damodarpur2,303 people
- Kaira2,249 people
- Panipathar2,118 people
- Konapara1,990 people
- Gopalpur1,977 people
- Punura1,968 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chhirudi?2,243 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chhirudi in?Puruliya district (Puncha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chhirudi?61.5% (Census 2011)