# Bhagaband Village, Vishnupur, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Vishnupur, Bankura 

# Bhagaband

Bhagaband is a village in Vishnupur sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,454 people in 322 households**, the 33rd largest of 147 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.3%.

- 1,454people (2011)
- 322households
- 68.5%literacy
- 913females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhagaband

Of every 100 households in Bhagaband in 2011, 39 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bhagaband · ■ Vishnupur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**24%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**87%

Use banking services ****47%**

**62%

Television ****17%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**16%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Bhagaband?

■ Bhagaband · ■ Vishnupur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.5%**

**66.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****913**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****980**

**985

Working population ****48.4%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.5% for men and 59.6% for women. 59% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 110 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 277 (39%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 91 (13%) · **■** Marginal 223 (32%)

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 Vishnupur

- Kuldangar1,622 people
- Damodarpur1,612 people
- Birra1,600 people
- Hulmara1,463 people
- Dharapati1,399 people
- Ghugimura1,398 people
- Dejhat1,379 people
- Jamuna Band1,378 people

[All 161 villages in Vishnupur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/vishnupur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhagaband?1,454 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhagaband in?Bankura district (Vishnupur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhagaband?68.5% (Census 2011)