Village · Bhagawanpur - II, Purba Medinipur
# Bamunia

Bamunia is a village in Bhagawanpur - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,747 people in 366 households, the 29th largest of 167 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 91.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 91.0%.
- 1,747 people (2011)
- 366 households
- 91.2% literacy
- 972 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bamunia

Of every 100 households in Bamunia in 2011, 47 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bamunia · ■ Bhagawanpur - II rural average
- Electricity for lighting 47% 40%
- Toilet within the home 99% 92%
- No toilet (open defecation) 1% 5%
- Tap water 30% 12%
- Drinking water within premises 2% 3%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 4% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 89% 97%
- Use banking services 52% 34%
- Television 26% 12%
- Mobile phone 54% 36%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 8% 3%
- Car / jeep / van 2% 1%
- None of these assets 16% 28%
- Own their home 99% 96%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Bamunia?

■ Bamunia · ■ Bhagawanpur - II rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 91.2% 91.0%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 972 940
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1153 949
- Working population 33.7% 37.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.0% for men and 87.3% for women. 60% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 5 (1%) · ■ Farm labourers 14 (2%) · ■ Household industry 1 (0%) · ■ Other work 90 (15%) · ■ Marginal 479 (81%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Bhagawanpur - II
- Baghadanri 1,880 people
- Duman Danri 1,874 people
- Dakshin Bayenda 1,833 people
- Brindabanpur 1,785 people
- Zelua Gopal Chak 1,717 people
- Dakshin Baroj Part-II 1,517 people
- Jashibar 1,423 people
- Disimulia 1,385 people

All 168 villages in Bhagawanpur - II

## Other places named Bamunia
- Bamunia · Village, Bhangar - II, South Twenty Four Parganas · 15,582 people
- Bamunia · Village, Raina - I, Barddhaman · 2,441 people
- Bamunia · Village, Memari - II, Barddhaman · 2,369 people
- Bamunia · Village, Canning - II, South Twenty Four Parganas · 2,128 people
- Bamunia · Village, Deshopran, Purba Medinipur · 2,002 people
- Bamunia · Village, Nanoor, Birbhum · 1,043 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Bamunia? 1,747 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bamunia in? Purba Medinipur district (Bhagawanpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bamunia? 91.2% (Census 2011)

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