# Bhangaband Village, Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Bhangaband

Bhangaband is a village in Jhargram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **181 people in 39 households**, the 317th largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 181people (2011)
- 39households
- 86.4%literacy
- 1,057females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhangaband

Of every 100 households in Bhangaband in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bhangaband · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**30%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**97%

Use banking services ****0%**

**34%

Television ****0%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****3%**

**17%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Bhangaband?

■ Bhangaband · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.4%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1057**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****900**

**979

Working population ****68.5%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.6% for men and 79.8% for women. 73% of men and 65% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 2 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 65 (52%) · **■** Marginal 57 (46%)

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 Jhargram

- Gamaria187 people
- Kuldiha185 people
- Asti183 people
- Kutusgerya183 people
- Kanya Duba181 people
- Nandalalapur181 people
- Baidyanath Dihi180 people
- Chhota Shirshi180 people

[All 604 villages in Jhargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/jhargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhangaband?181 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhangaband in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhangaband?86.4% (Census 2011)