# Bamu Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Bamu

Bamu is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **620 people in 115 households**, the 111th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 620people (2011)
- 115households
- 74.8%literacy
- 1,046females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bamu

Of every 100 households in Bamu in 2011, 11 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bamu · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**22%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**5%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****29%**

**85%

Use banking services ****88%**

**41%

Television ****7%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**18%

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 Bamu?

■ Bamu · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.8%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1046**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1226**

**957

Working population ****57.1%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.5% for men and 62.4% for women. 57% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 162 (46%) · **■** Farm labourers 123 (35%) · **■** Other work 38 (11%) · **■** Marginal 31 (9%)

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

- Banabir656 people
- Dhanara652 people
- Tetuladih645 people
- Raladih627 people
- Pathraghata619 people
- Sasangdih614 people
- Badhadih582 people
- Basbera578 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bamu?620 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bamu in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bamu?74.8% (Census 2011)