# Shunuri Village, Santuri, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Santuri, Puruliya 

# Shunuri

Shunuri is a village in Santuri sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,963 people in 599 households**, the 2nd largest of 92 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.

- 2,963people (2011)
- 599households
- 67.6%literacy
- 915females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shunuri

Of every 100 households in Shunuri in 2011, 38 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shunuri · ■ Santuri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**86%

Tap water ****1%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****35%**

**67%

Use banking services ****47%**

**52%

Television ****27%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**22%

Own their home ****96%**

**96%

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 Shunuri?

■ Shunuri · ■ Santuri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.6%**

**65.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****915**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1031**

**973

Working population ****30.6%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.7% for men and 56.3% for women. 53% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 41 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 17 (2%) · **■** Household industry 16 (2%) · **■** Other work 606 (67%) · **■** Marginal 226 (25%)

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 Santuri

- Baltora3,206 people
- Santuri2,700 people
- Ramchandrapur2,648 people
- Muraddi2,321 people
- Lalgar1,963 people

[All 103 villages in Santuri](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/santuri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shunuri?2,963 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shunuri in?Puruliya district (Santuri sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shunuri?67.6% (Census 2011)