# 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 **373 people in 74 households**, the 158th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 373people (2011)
- 74households
- 66.3%literacy
- 1,049females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bamu

Of every 100 households in Bamu in 2011, 57 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bamu · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**96%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**5%

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

**0%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****14%**

**41%

Television ****7%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**18%

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 Bamu?

■ Bamu · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.3%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1049**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**957

Working population ****41.6%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.9% for men and 52.4% for women. 52% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 62 (40%) · **■** Household industry 16 (10%) · **■** Other work 27 (17%) · **■** Marginal 50 (32%)

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

- Surigda393 people
- Singugara390 people
- Kuturkuma388 people
- Kerar374 people
- Gorsai364 people
- Salghati364 people
- Ramkanali357 people
- Motiramdih341 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bamu?373 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bamu in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bamu?66.3% (Census 2011)