# Bhurkunda Village, Sagardighi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Sagardighi, Murshidabad 

# Bhurkunda

Bhurkunda is a village in Sagardighi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,539 people in 512 households**, the 35th largest of 178 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%.

- 2,539people (2011)
- 512households
- 66.5%literacy
- 910females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhurkunda

Of every 100 households in Bhurkunda in 2011, 25 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bhurkunda · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**18%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**95%

Use banking services ****13%**

**20%

Television ****16%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****61%**

**39%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Bhurkunda?

■ Bhurkunda · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.5%**

**65.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****910**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****746**

**954

Working population ****45.5%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.4% for men and 61.3% for women. 57% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 168 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 179 (15%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 368 (32%) · **■** Marginal 434 (38%)

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 Sagardighi

- Chamunda2,627 people
- Bergram2,591 people
- Kaiar2,572 people
- Dogachhi2,562 people
- Ekrakhi2,516 people
- Chandanbati2,510 people
- Gobardhandanga2,375 people
- Paitkaldanga2,364 people

[All 197 villages in Sagardighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/sagardighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhurkunda?2,539 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhurkunda in?Murshidabad district (Sagardighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhurkunda?66.5% (Census 2011)