# Bhubunkalua Village, Tamluk, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tamluk, Purba Medinipur 

# Bhubunkalua

Bhubunkalua is a village in Tamluk sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,540 people in 335 households**, the 54th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.9%.

- 1,540people (2011)
- 335households
- 90.9%literacy
- 923females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhubunkalua

Of every 100 households in Bhubunkalua in 2011, 61 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bhubunkalua · ■ Tamluk rural average

Electricity for lighting ****61%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****97%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**20%

Tap water ****93%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**91%

Use banking services ****94%**

**45%

Television ****36%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****4%**

**20%

Own their home ****97%**

**96%

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 Bhubunkalua?

■ Bhubunkalua · ■ Tamluk rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.9%**

**86.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****923**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1221**

**972

Working population ****51.0%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.2% for men and 86.0% for women. 62% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 137 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 60 (8%) · **■** Household industry 25 (3%) · **■** Other work 159 (20%) · **■** Marginal 404 (51%)

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 Tamluk

- Srikanthakalaganda1,859 people
- Laichhanpur1,857 people
- Madanmohanchak1,663 people
- Chak Garupota1,601 people
- Lohanda1,515 people
- Barbasanta1,511 people
- Salikadamodarpur1,487 people
- Jotankur1,474 people

[All 99 villages in Tamluk](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/tamluk/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhubunkalua?1,540 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhubunkalua in?Purba Medinipur district (Tamluk sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhubunkalua?90.9% (Census 2011)