# Bhandhura Village, Sainthia, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Sainthia, Birbhum 

# Bhandhura

Bhandhura is a village in Sainthia sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,002 people in 230 households**, the 61st largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 1,002people (2011)
- 230households
- 81.8%literacy
- 934females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhandhura

Of every 100 households in Bhandhura in 2011, 40 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bhandhura · ■ Sainthia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**85%

Use banking services ****75%**

**57%

Television ****12%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**33%

Own their home ****100%**

**95%

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 Bhandhura?

■ Bhandhura · ■ Sainthia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.8%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****934**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****825**

**961

Working population ****33.7%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.4% for men and 75.0% for women. 62% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 154 (46%) · **■** Farm labourers 94 (28%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 27 (8%) · **■** Marginal 62 (18%)

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 Sainthia

- Matiara1,089 people
- Indira1,070 people
- Lebra1,054 people
- Akudihi1,049 people
- Baidyapur1,000 people
- Kshatipur976 people
- Belia972 people
- Bhabanipur965 people

[All 230 villages in Sainthia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/sainthia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhandhura?1,002 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhandhura in?Birbhum district (Sainthia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhandhura?81.8% (Census 2011)