# Begunbere Village, Sutahata, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Sutahata, Purba Medinipur 

# Begunbere

Begunbere is a village in Sutahata sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,849 people in 624 households**, the 10th largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 85.2%.

- 2,849people (2011)
- 624households
- 79.5%literacy
- 912females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Begunbere

Of every 100 households in Begunbere in 2011, 47 had electricity, 73 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Begunbere · ■ Sutahata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****73%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****14%**

**20%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**90%

Use banking services ****26%**

**38%

Television ****14%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****29%**

**29%

Own their home ****99%**

**93%

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 Begunbere?

■ Begunbere · ■ Sutahata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.5%**

**85.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****912**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****927**

**974

Working population ****33.3%**

**32.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.7% for men and 73.8% for women. 53% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 68 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 306 (32%) · **■** Household industry 13 (1%) · **■** Other work 204 (22%) · **■** Marginal 357 (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 Sutahata

- Dhenkua3,414 people
- Baneswar Chak3,293 people
- Chaitanyapur3,169 people
- Erekhali3,074 people
- Bahardab Char2,679 people
- Durbbabere2,608 people
- Kashipur2,569 people
- Patharberia2,413 people

[All 80 villages in Sutahata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/sutahata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Begunbere?2,849 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Begunbere in?Purba Medinipur district (Sutahata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Begunbere?79.5% (Census 2011)