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Chuna Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Chuna is a medium size village located in Kashipur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 199 families residing. The Chuna village has population of 1044 of which 545 are males while 499 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chuna village population of children with age 0-6 is 135 which makes up 12.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chuna village is 916 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chuna as per census is 753, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Chuna village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chuna village was 75.58 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chuna Male literacy stands at 88.46 % while female literacy rate was 61.90 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Chuna 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 Chuna village.

Chuna Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 199 - -
Population 1,044 545 499
Child (0-6) 135 77 58
Schedule Caste 218 119 99
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.58 % 88.46 % 61.90 %
Total Workers 440 290 150
Main Worker 159 - -
Marginal Worker 281 146 135

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.88 % of total population in Chuna village. The village Chuna currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chuna village out of total population, 440 were engaged in work activities. 36.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 63.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 440 workers engaged in Main Work, 91 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 16 were Agricultural labourer.