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Chunihar Population - Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal

Chunihar is a large village located in Goalpokhar - I Block of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 460 families residing. The Chunihar village has population of 2303 of which 1209 are males while 1094 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chunihar village population of children with age 0-6 is 425 which makes up 18.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chunihar village is 905 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chunihar as per census is 824, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Chunihar village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chunihar village was 37.43 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chunihar Male literacy stands at 42.52 % while female literacy rate was 31.93 %.

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

Chunihar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 460 - -
Population 2,303 1,209 1,094
Child (0-6) 425 233 192
Schedule Caste 78 43 35
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 37.43 % 42.52 % 31.93 %
Total Workers 715 573 142
Main Worker 529 - -
Marginal Worker 186 91 95

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.39 % of total population in Chunihar village. The village Chunihar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chunihar village out of total population, 715 were engaged in work activities. 73.99 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.01 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 715 workers engaged in Main Work, 190 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 292 were Agricultural labourer.