# Kolbandh, Purulia - II, Puruliya – Population & Literacy

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Village · Purulia - II, Puruliya 

# Kolbandh

Kolbandh is a village in [Purulia - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/purulia-ii/) sub-district of [Puruliya](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **1,731 people in 338 households**, the 36th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 1,731people (2011)
- 338households
- 64.4%literacy
- 1,036females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kolbandh

Of every 100 households in Kolbandh in 2011, 16 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kolbandh · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**28%

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

**6%

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

**93%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**6%

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

**1%

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

**84%

Use banking services ****39%**

**41%

Television ****7%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**25%

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 Kolbandh?

■ Kolbandh · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.4%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1036**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1204**

**966

Working population ****55.7%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.7% for men and 50.3% for women. 55% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 143 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 162 (17%) · **■** Household industry 92 (10%) · **■** Other work 119 (12%) · **■** Marginal 448 (46%)

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 - II

- Chakirban1,945 people
- Kandhurka Alias Bhabanipur1,873 people
- Mahudal Bazar1,767 people
- Baligara1,731 people
- Tatari1,696 people
- Kushtuka1,673 people
- Chirumacha1,615 people
- Purda1,593 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kolbandh?1,731 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kolbandh in?Puruliya district (Purulia - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kolbandh?64.4% (Census 2011)