# Baghmundi Village, Bagmundi, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Bagmundi, Puruliya 

# Baghmundi

Baghmundi is a village in Bagmundi sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,035 people in 817 households**, the 3rd largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 4,035people (2011)
- 817households
- 67.4%literacy
- 926females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baghmundi

Of every 100 households in Baghmundi in 2011, 58 had electricity, 38 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Baghmundi · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****38%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**91%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**8%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**97%

Use banking services ****37%**

**30%

Television ****42%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**27%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Baghmundi?

■ Baghmundi · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.4%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****926**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****928**

**951

Working population ****34.7%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.3% for men and 58.7% for women. 51% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 82 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 68 (5%) · **■** Household industry 17 (1%) · **■** Other work 513 (37%) · **■** Marginal 720 (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 Bagmundi

- Burda5,159 people
- Sindri4,138 people
- Barria3,982 people
- Birgram3,722 people
- Ghorabandha3,274 people
- Bhursu3,096 people

[All 142 villages in Bagmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/bagmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baghmundi?4,035 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baghmundi in?Puruliya district (Bagmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baghmundi?67.4% (Census 2011)