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

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Village · Puncha, Puruliya 

# Delang

Delang is a village in Puncha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,739 people in 369 households**, the 29th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 1,739people (2011)
- 369households
- 72.1%literacy
- 987females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Delang

Of every 100 households in Delang in 2011, 21 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Delang · ■ Puncha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**29%

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

**7%

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

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

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

**5%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**88%

Use banking services ****38%**

**34%

Television ****17%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**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 Delang?

■ Delang · ■ Puncha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.1%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****987**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****870**

**969

Working population ****52.8%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.8% for men and 62.4% for women. 60% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 229 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 72 (8%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 101 (11%) · **■** Marginal 515 (56%)

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

- Panrui1,855 people
- Kanara1,836 people
- Maheshpur1,821 people
- Pakbirra1,754 people
- Hariharpur1,660 people
- Poradi1,659 people
- Tatari1,622 people
- Noagarh1,605 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Delang?1,739 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Delang in?Puruliya district (Puncha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Delang?72.1% (Census 2011)