# Bhurangi Village, Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Bhurangi

Bhurangi is a village in Dantan - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,134 people in 256 households**, the 47th largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 1,134people (2011)
- 256households
- 81.4%literacy
- 922females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhurangi

Of every 100 households in Bhurangi in 2011, 50 had electricity, 71 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bhurangi · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****71%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****29%**

**59%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****61%**

**39%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****76%**

**62%

Television ****18%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Bhurangi?

■ Bhurangi · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.4%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****922**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1014**

**963

Working population ****34.9%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.8% for men and 73.3% for women. 58% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 33 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Household industry 16 (4%) · **■** Other work 26 (7%) · **■** Marginal 318 (80%)

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 Dantan - I

- Bamanda1,171 people
- Dhunria1,170 people
- Gargaria1,142 people
- Kushmi1,137 people
- Baharda1,130 people
- Haripura1,122 people
- Bejda1,107 people
- Belmula1,101 people

[All 198 villages in Dantan - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/dantan-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhurangi?1,134 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhurangi in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhurangi?81.4% (Census 2011)