# Bhursa Village, Arsha, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Arsha, Puruliya 

# Bhursa

Bhursa is a village in Arsha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,554 people in 258 households**, the 40th largest of 95 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.8%.

- 1,554people (2011)
- 258households
- 63.6%literacy
- 1,010females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhursa

Of every 100 households in Bhursa in 2011, 15 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bhursa · ■ Arsha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**4%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**94%

Use banking services ****1%**

**50%

Television ****1%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****54%**

**31%

Own their home ****90%**

**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 Bhursa?

■ Bhursa · ■ Arsha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.6%**

**54.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1010**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1064**

**987

Working population ****28.6%**

**47.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.5% for men and 55.6% for women. 46% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 23 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 88 (20%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 223 (50%) · **■** Marginal 106 (24%)

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 Arsha

- Nunya1,648 people
- Goradag1,603 people
- Senabana1,603 people
- Lachhamanpur1,576 people
- Pijhati1,537 people
- Khukhramura1,529 people
- Nagra1,491 people
- Gandhabazar alias Raghunathganj1,444 people

[All 96 villages in Arsha](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/arsha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhursa?1,554 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhursa in?Puruliya district (Arsha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhursa?63.6% (Census 2011)