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

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Village · Puncha, Puruliya 

# Kenda

Kenda is a village in Puncha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,803 people in 747 households**, the 4th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 3,803people (2011)
- 747households
- 69.5%literacy
- 979females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kenda

Of every 100 households in Kenda in 2011, 15 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kenda · ■ Puncha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**5%

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

**2%

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

**88%

Use banking services ****22%**

**34%

Television ****11%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****33%**

**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 Kenda?

■ Kenda · ■ Puncha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.5%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****979**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****988**

**969

Working population ****57.5%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.2% for men and 55.5% for women. 57% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 326 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 425 (19%) · **■** Household industry 57 (3%) · **■** Other work 233 (11%) · **■** Marginal 1,146 (52%)

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

- Puncha5,404 people
- Pirra4,049 people
- Chandra3,884 people
- Jambad3,776 people
- Lapara3,267 people
- Badra3,082 people
- Kuruktopa2,964 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kenda?3,803 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kenda in?Puruliya district (Puncha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kenda?69.5% (Census 2011)