# Bamunia Purba Village, Mathabhanga - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Mathabhanga - I, Koch Bihar 

# Bamunia Purba

Bamunia Purba is a village in Mathabhanga - I sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,618 people in 621 households**, the 34th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.5%.

- 2,618people (2011)
- 621households
- 74.6%literacy
- 928females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bamunia Purba

Of every 100 households in Bamunia Purba in 2011, 5 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bamunia Purba · ■ Mathabhanga - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**15%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**41%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**57%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****82%**

**78%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****7%**

**31%

Television ****6%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****32%**

**32%

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 Bamunia Purba?

■ Bamunia Purba · ■ Mathabhanga - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.6%**

**71.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****928**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****935**

**946

Working population ****39.7%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.4% for men and 67.2% for women. 58% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 535 (51%) · **■** Farm labourers 88 (8%) · **■** Household industry 58 (6%) · **■** Other work 107 (10%) · **■** Marginal 252 (24%)

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 Mathabhanga - I

- Chhat Khaterbari2,820 people
- Bara Khalisamari2,793 people
- Shibpur2,747 people
- Bamunia Paschim2,639 people
- Bherbheri Manabari2,586 people
- Andaran Pakhihaga2,585 people
- Kanpata2,556 people
- Satgaon2,535 people

[All 102 villages in Mathabhanga - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/mathabhanga-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bamunia Purba?2,618 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bamunia Purba in?Koch Bihar district (Mathabhanga - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bamunia Purba?74.6% (Census 2011)