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

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Village · Bagmundi, Puruliya 

# Bongada

Bongada is a village in Bagmundi sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **226 people in 43 households**, the 111th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 34.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 226people (2011)
- 43households
- 34.4%literacy
- 1,238females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bongada

Of every 100 households in Bongada in 2011, 68 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bongada · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****68%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

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

**8%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****89%**

**30%

Television ****0%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****43%**

**27%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Bongada?

■ Bongada · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****34.4%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1238**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1389**

**951

Working population ****58.0%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 53.0% for men and 19.0% for women. 60% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Farm labourers 40 (31%) · **■** Other work 1 (1%) · **■** Marginal 90 (69%)

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

- Kanrda244 people
- Bhitpani240 people
- Kuchrirakha237 people
- Madhupur235 people
- Chalua214 people
- Dungridi194 people
- Gosaidi183 people
- Matiala180 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bongada?226 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bongada in?Puruliya district (Bagmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bongada?34.4% (Census 2011)