# Belkundi Village, Purulia - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - I, Puruliya 

# Belkundi

Belkundi is a village in Purulia - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,183 people in 572 households**, the 10th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 3,183people (2011)
- 572households
- 63.0%literacy
- 922females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Belkundi

Of every 100 households in Belkundi in 2011, 25 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Belkundi · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**31%

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

**7%

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

**92%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****77%**

**84%

Use banking services ****25%**

**44%

Television ****22%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Belkundi?

■ Belkundi · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.0%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****922**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****872**

**934

Working population ****39.7%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.8% for men and 46.1% for women. 52% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 177 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 81 (6%) · **■** Household industry 18 (1%) · **■** Other work 292 (23%) · **■** Marginal 696 (55%)

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 Purulia - I

- Manguria3,808 people
- Suklara3,730 people
- Damda3,302 people
- Chakda3,275 people
- Kotloi3,151 people
- Ghagharjuri3,092 people
- Chakra2,987 people
- Sanaijuri2,985 people

[All 114 villages in Purulia - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/purulia-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Belkundi?3,183 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Belkundi in?Puruliya district (Purulia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Belkundi?63.0% (Census 2011)