# Baistamdih Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Baistamdih

Baistamdih is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **788 people in 157 households**, the 87th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 788people (2011)
- 157households
- 61.3%literacy
- 881females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baistamdih

Of every 100 households in Baistamdih in 2011, 8 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Baistamdih · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**22%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**5%

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

**0%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****72%**

**41%

Television ****1%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

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

**1%

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

**18%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Baistamdih?

■ Baistamdih · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.3%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****881**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****864**

**957

Working population ****27.5%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.5% for men and 39.6% for women. 39% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 47 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 113 (52%) · **■** Household industry 9 (4%) · **■** Other work 18 (8%) · **■** Marginal 30 (14%)

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 Barabazar

- Bamanjora819 people
- Basudebpur813 people
- Amagara805 people
- Panjanbera793 people
- Gobindapur774 people
- Tasarbanki774 people
- Shamrola758 people
- Bhagabandh749 people

[All 215 villages in Barabazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/barabazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baistamdih?788 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baistamdih in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baistamdih?61.3% (Census 2011)