# Bamunya Village, Mahisadal, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Mahisadal, Purba Medinipur 

# Bamunya

Bamunya is a village in Mahisadal sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,561 people in 786 households**, the 22nd largest of 73 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.1%.

- 3,561people (2011)
- 786households
- 86.3%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bamunya

Of every 100 households in Bamunya in 2011, 64 had electricity, 85 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bamunya · ■ Mahisadal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****85%**

**90%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**6%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**4%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**85%

Use banking services ****43%**

**42%

Television ****20%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**28%

Own their home ****84%**

**94%

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 Bamunya?

■ Bamunya · ■ Mahisadal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.3%**

**86.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1014**

**948

Working population ****35.6%**

**35.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.7% for men and 79.5% for women. 59% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 94 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 179 (14%) · **■** Household industry 17 (1%) · **■** Other work 370 (29%) · **■** Marginal 609 (48%)

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 Mahisadal

- Kapaserya3,773 people
- Shuklalpur3,758 people
- Baramrit Bere3,720 people
- Kesabpur3,579 people
- Lakshya3,534 people
- Machhlandapur3,374 people
- Jagatpur3,320 people
- Bhanga Gara3,295 people

[All 75 villages in Mahisadal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/mahisadal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bamunya?3,561 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bamunya in?Purba Medinipur district (Mahisadal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bamunya?86.3% (Census 2011)