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

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Village · Puncha, Puruliya 

# Kuchung

Kuchung is a village in Puncha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **764 people in 158 households**, the 59th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 32.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 764people (2011)
- 158households
- 32.7%literacy
- 974females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kuchung

Of every 100 households in Kuchung in 2011, 0 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kuchung · ■ Puncha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**92%

Tap water ****1%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**5%

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

**2%

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

**88%

Use banking services ****33%**

**34%

Television ****0%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**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 Kuchung?

■ Kuchung · ■ Puncha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****32.7%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****974**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**969

Working population ****66.1%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 48.5% for men and 16.4% for women. 68% of men and 64% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 163 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 289 (57%) · **■** Household industry 12 (2%) · **■** Other work 11 (2%) · **■** Marginal 30 (6%)

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

- Negurya797 people
- Dhabani771 people
- Babuijor768 people
- Rajakhanda768 people
- Joykalla730 people
- Debgram709 people
- Ramaidi698 people
- Darodi689 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kuchung?764 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kuchung in?Puruliya district (Puncha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kuchung?32.7% (Census 2011)