# Bhojda Village, Hirbandh, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Hirbandh, Bankura 

# Bhojda

Bhojda is a village in Hirbandh sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,420 people in 285 households**, the 17th largest of 116 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 64.2%.

- 1,420people (2011)
- 285households
- 64.1%literacy
- 916females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhojda

Of every 100 households in Bhojda in 2011, 29 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bhojda · ■ Hirbandh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**94%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**90%

Use banking services ****31%**

**50%

Television ****21%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****45%**

**31%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Bhojda?

■ Bhojda · ■ Hirbandh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.1%**

**64.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****916**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****921**

**969

Working population ****39.9%**

**44.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.8% for men and 48.1% for women. 54% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 9 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 199 (35%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 101 (18%) · **■** Marginal 252 (45%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Hirbandh

- Chanpasol1,538 people
- Paira1,516 people
- Elora1,504 people
- Bamni1,425 people
- Tilabani1,395 people
- Shyamnagar1,385 people
- Ranga1,333 people
- Salapahari1,300 people

[All 121 villages in Hirbandh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/hirbandh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhojda?1,420 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhojda in?Bankura district (Hirbandh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhojda?64.1% (Census 2011)