Chaunia Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Chaunia is a small village located in Bagmundi Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 29 families residing. The Chaunia village has population of 158 of which 80 are males while 78 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chaunia village population of children with age 0-6 is 19 which makes up 12.03 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chaunia village is 975 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chaunia as per census is 1375, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Chaunia village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chaunia village was 55.40 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chaunia Male literacy stands at 66.67 % while female literacy rate was 43.28 %.

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

Chaunia Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	29	-	-
Population	158	80	78
Child (0-6)	19	8	11
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	157	80	77
Literacy	55.40 %	66.67 %	43.28 %
Total Workers	103	48	55
Main Worker	26	-	-
Marginal Worker	77	24	53

Caste Factor

In Chaunia village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.37 % of total population in Chaunia village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chaunia village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Chaunia village out of total population, 103 were engaged in work activities. 25.24 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 74.76 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 103 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 14 were Agricultural labourer.