# Beguna Village, Mayureswar - I, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Mayureswar - I, Birbhum 

# Beguna

Beguna is a village in Mayureswar - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,013 people in 473 households**, the 26th largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 2,013people (2011)
- 473households
- 61.4%literacy
- 999females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Beguna

Of every 100 households in Beguna in 2011, 37 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Beguna · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**45%

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

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**81%

Tap water ****17%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**17%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**92%

Use banking services ****54%**

**55%

Television ****23%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****37%**

**32%

Own their home ****99%**

**96%

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 Beguna?

■ Beguna · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.4%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****999**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1164**

**975

Working population ****42.1%**

**40.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.3% for men and 53.3% for women. 56% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 83 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 431 (51%) · **■** Household industry 38 (4%) · **■** Other work 48 (6%) · **■** Marginal 247 (29%)

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 Mayureswar - I

- Kanachi2,108 people
- Dwaruri2,069 people
- Kharasinpur2,042 people
- Shibgram2,035 people
- Malancha1,960 people
- Ratma1,838 people
- Parulia1,814 people
- Kanaipur1,706 people

[All 113 villages in Mayureswar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mayureswar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Beguna?2,013 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Beguna in?Birbhum district (Mayureswar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Beguna?61.4% (Census 2011)