# Kumar Pukuria Village, Sonarpur – Population & Literacy

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Village · Sonarpur, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kumar Pukuria

Kumar Pukuria is a village in Sonarpur sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **656 people in 162 households**, the 62nd largest of 65 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.3%.

- 656people (2011)
- 162households
- 76.4%literacy
- 988females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kumar Pukuria

Of every 100 households in Kumar Pukuria in 2011, 4 had electricity, 37 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kumar Pukuria · ■ Sonarpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**76%

Toilet within the home ****37%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****63%**

**18%

Tap water ****13%**

**42%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**18%

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

**17%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**73%

Use banking services ****20%**

**52%

Television ****4%**

**57%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**9%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****7%**

**10%

Own their home ****100%**

**92%

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 Kumar Pukuria?

■ Kumar Pukuria · ■ Sonarpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.4%**

**79.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****988**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****900**

**969

Working population ****67.4%**

**37.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.7% for men and 72.1% for women. 64% of men and 71% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 369 (83%) · **■** Farm labourers 16 (4%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 9 (2%) · **■** Marginal 45 (10%)

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 Sonarpur

- Radhaballavpur926 people
- Srirampur827 people
- Andharia759 people
- Muragachha728 people
- Karimpur479 people
- Sri Krishnapur272 people
- Goalapota188 people

[All 65 villages in Sonarpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/sonarpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kumar Pukuria?656 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kumar Pukuria in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Sonarpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kumar Pukuria?76.4% (Census 2011)