# Bhursu Village, Bagmundi, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Bagmundi, Puruliya 

# Bhursu

Bhursu is a village in Bagmundi sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,096 people in 582 households**, the 7th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 46.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 3,096people (2011)
- 582households
- 46.3%literacy
- 950females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhursu

Of every 100 households in Bhursu in 2011, 18 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bhursu · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**91%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

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

**8%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**97%

Use banking services ****18%**

**30%

Television ****7%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**27%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Bhursu?

■ Bhursu · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****46.3%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****950**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****894**

**951

Working population ****41.1%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.3% for men and 31.8% for women. 54% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 177 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 393 (31%) · **■** Household industry 15 (1%) · **■** Other work 259 (20%) · **■** Marginal 427 (34%)

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

- Baghmundi4,035 people
- Barria3,982 people
- Birgram3,722 people
- Ghorabandha3,274 people
- Madla3,070 people
- Gobindapur3,064 people
- Suisa2,649 people
- Karru2,588 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhursu?3,096 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhursu in?Puruliya district (Bagmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhursu?46.3% (Census 2011)