# Gandhudi Village, Bagmundi, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Bagmundi, Puruliya 

# Gandhudi

Gandhudi is a village in Bagmundi sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,295 people in 282 households**, the 38th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 1,295people (2011)
- 282households
- 54.0%literacy
- 1,036females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gandhudi

Of every 100 households in Gandhudi in 2011, 16 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gandhudi · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**22%

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

**9%

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

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**8%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****16%**

**30%

Television ****5%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**27%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Gandhudi?

■ Gandhudi · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.0%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1036**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****991**

**951

Working population ****27.3%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.4% for men and 42.2% for women. 51% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 4 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 25 (7%) · **■** Marginal 323 (92%)

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

- Sirkadi1,519 people
- Patahesal1,499 people
- Saridi1,491 people
- Koreng1,407 people
- Simali1,186 people
- Tiruldi1,153 people
- Kudna1,137 people
- Shrabandi1,091 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gandhudi?1,295 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gandhudi in?Puruliya district (Bagmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gandhudi?54.0% (Census 2011)