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Chaukunya Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Chaukunya is a medium size village located in Para Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 162 families residing. The Chaukunya village has population of 868 of which 450 are males while 418 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chaukunya village population of children with age 0-6 is 136 which makes up 15.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chaukunya village is 929 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chaukunya as per census is 863, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Chaukunya village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chaukunya village was 64.34 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chaukunya Male literacy stands at 80.90 % while female literacy rate was 46.76 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Chaukunya village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Chaukunya village.

Chaukunya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 162 - -
Population 868 450 418
Child (0-6) 136 73 63
Schedule Caste 431 217 214
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 64.34 % 80.90 % 46.76 %
Total Workers 469 267 202
Main Worker 162 - -
Marginal Worker 307 112 195

Caste Factor

In Chaukunya village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 49.65 % of total population in Chaukunya village. The village Chaukunya currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chaukunya village out of total population, 469 were engaged in work activities. 34.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 65.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 469 workers engaged in Main Work, 124 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 14 were Agricultural labourer.