# Bhurkunda Village, Jaypur, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Jaypur, Bankura 

# Bhurkunda

Bhurkunda is a village in Jaypur sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **865 people in 197 households**, the 65th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 865people (2011)
- 197households
- 66.4%literacy
- 1,031females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhurkunda

Of every 100 households in Bhurkunda in 2011, 24 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bhurkunda · ■ Jaypur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**73%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****71%**

**79%

Use banking services ****8%**

**62%

Television ****9%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**12%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 Bhurkunda?

■ Bhurkunda · ■ Jaypur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.4%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1031**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****912**

**951

Working population ****40.6%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.1% for men and 58.1% for women. 58% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 62 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 74 (21%) · **■** Other work 28 (8%) · **■** Marginal 187 (53%)

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 Jaypur

- Nabasan891 people
- Namchhara889 people
- Barasat887 people
- Kunda Pushkarini885 people
- Dasdighi853 people
- Purusottampur852 people
- Sainda821 people
- Bamangram817 people

[All 139 villages in Jaypur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/jaypur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhurkunda?865 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhurkunda in?Bankura district (Jaypur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhurkunda?66.4% (Census 2011)