# Bhunighra Village, Bagmundi, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Bagmundi, Puruliya 

# Bhunighra

Bhunighra is a village in Bagmundi sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **505 people in 99 households**, the 77th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 505people (2011)
- 99households
- 54.6%literacy
- 906females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhunighra

Of every 100 households in Bhunighra in 2011, 0 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Bhunighra · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**91%

Tap water ****17%**

**3%

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

**8%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**97%

Use banking services ****0%**

**30%

Television ****6%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**1%

None of these assets ****45%**

**27%

Own their home ****78%**

**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 Bhunighra?

■ Bhunighra · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.6%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****906**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****881**

**951

Working population ****36.4%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.9% for men and 38.8% for women. 48% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 12 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 44 (24%) · **■** Other work 11 (6%) · **■** Marginal 117 (64%)

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

- Pitidiri567 people
- Mukurub541 people
- Sarmali536 people
- Dhaska510 people
- Sarjamhatu494 people
- Maunia493 people
- Gobindadi487 people
- Jhabri477 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhunighra?505 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhunighra in?Puruliya district (Bagmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhunighra?54.6% (Census 2011)