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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
KABITA TUDU
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- LGD code
- 330596
- Pincode
- 723126
- Post office
- Anara RS
- Population
- 1,044
- Households
- 199
- Literacy rate
- 65.8%
- Sex ratio
- 916 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 440
- Distance to district centre
- 15 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 19 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 202 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1080 km
- Nearest railway station
- Anara · 9 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Old Railway Hospital · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chuna compares
By population, Chuna ranks #58 of 209 villages in Kashipur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
65.8%
+5.0% vs mandal average
- Chuna
- 65.8%
- Kashipur mandal
- 60.8%
- Purulia district
- 55.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
916
−48 vs mandal average
- Chuna
- 916
- Kashipur mandal
- 964
Household size
people per home
5.2
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Chuna
- 5.2
- Kashipur mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chuna at a glance
Chuna is a village of 1,044 people in 199 households (Census 2011) in Kashipur block, Purulia district, West Bengal, the 58th-largest of 209 villages in Kashipur block. Literacy is 66%, 5 points above the block average of 61% and the sex ratio is 916 women per 1,000 men. It lies 15 km from the Purulia district centre, 56 km from Ghatiali, the nearest town, 9 km from Anara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 723126, served by Anara RS post office; the LGD village code is 330596. The nearest hospital or health centre is Old Railway Hospital, 9 km away. The sarpanch is KABITA TUDU, and the village votes in Kashipur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kamala Kanta Hansda. The population is estimated at 1,168 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chuna
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 15
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 389.31
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 31.82
- Forest area (ha)
- 147.1
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chuna
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chuna
- LGD code
- 330596
- Pincode
- 723126
- Post office
- Anara RS
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,044
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,168
- Households
- 199
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 916
- Literacy rate
- 65.8%
- Coordinates
- 23.41681°N, 86.61190°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Purulia
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kashipur
- Member of Parliament
- Jyotirmay Singh Mahato
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kamala Kanta Hansda
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- KABITA TUDU
- Block / Mandal
- Kashipur
Getting there
How to reach Chuna
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata202 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1080 km
- Delhi1102 km
- Chennai1329 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationAnara9 km
- Hospital / PHCOld Railway Hospital9 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India40 km
- Petrol pumppetrol pump27 km
- CollegeSidho-Kanho-Birsha University28 km
- Police stationJharia Police Station41 km
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-07
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
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