# Bamundiha Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Bamundiha

Bamundiha is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **883 people in 181 households**, the 74th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 883people (2011)
- 181households
- 64.7%literacy
- 954females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bamundiha

Of every 100 households in Bamundiha in 2011, 29 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bamundiha · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**96%

Tap water ****8%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**5%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**85%

Use banking services ****56%**

**41%

Television ****19%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**18%

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 Bamundiha?

■ Bamundiha · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.7%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****954**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****849**

**957

Working population ****42.6%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.2% for men and 53.9% for women. 53% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 88 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 46 (12%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 121 (32%) · **■** Marginal 119 (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

- Raghunatpur898 people
- Gopalpur Alias Nutandih897 people
- Sachandih892 people
- Bamnidih885 people
- Bagalbandh876 people
- Puijanga868 people
- Jaria845 people
- Panchkuda839 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bamundiha?883 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bamundiha in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bamundiha?64.7% (Census 2011)