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

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Village · Puncha, Puruliya 

# Gholkund

Gholkund is a village in Puncha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,566 people in 302 households**, the 34th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 1,566people (2011)
- 302households
- 74.1%literacy
- 960females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gholkund

Of every 100 households in Gholkund in 2011, 36 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gholkund · ■ Puncha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

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

**5%

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

**2%

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

**88%

Use banking services ****76%**

**34%

Television ****23%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**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 Gholkund?

■ Gholkund · ■ Puncha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.1%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****960**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1073**

**969

Working population ****57.1%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.3% for men and 61.3% for women. 64% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 76 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 151 (17%) · **■** Household industry 17 (2%) · **■** Other work 67 (7%) · **■** Marginal 583 (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 Puncha

- Hariharpur1,660 people
- Poradi1,659 people
- Tatari1,622 people
- Noagarh1,605 people
- Saurang1,501 people
- Bhagaband1,497 people
- Bishpuria1,424 people
- Dharampur1,298 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gholkund?1,566 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gholkund in?Puruliya district (Puncha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gholkund?74.1% (Census 2011)