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

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Village · Puncha, Puruliya 

# Kaira

Kaira is a village in Puncha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,249 people in 474 households**, the 16th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 2,249people (2011)
- 474households
- 60.8%literacy
- 1,035females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kaira

Of every 100 households in Kaira in 2011, 6 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kaira · ■ Puncha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**5%

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

**2%

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

**88%

Use banking services ****9%**

**34%

Television ****2%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**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 Kaira?

■ Kaira · ■ Puncha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.8%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1035**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1062**

**969

Working population ****51.6%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.3% for men and 47.6% for women. 54% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 161 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 254 (22%) · **■** Household industry 73 (6%) · **■** Other work 98 (8%) · **■** Marginal 574 (49%)

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

- Matha2,446 people
- Deorang2,379 people
- Bagda2,370 people
- Damodarpur2,303 people
- Chhirudi2,243 people
- Panipathar2,118 people
- Konapara1,990 people
- Gopalpur1,977 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kaira?2,249 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kaira in?Puruliya district (Puncha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kaira?60.8% (Census 2011)