# Banduan Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Banduan

Banduan is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,688 people in 314 households**, the 16th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 1,688people (2011)
- 314households
- 60.1%literacy
- 1,051females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Banduan

Of every 100 households in Banduan in 2011, 18 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Banduan · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**22%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

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

**5%

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

**0%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****12%**

**41%

Television ****12%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Banduan?

■ Banduan · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.1%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1051**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1055**

**957

Working population ****59.4%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.3% for men and 45.5% for women. 62% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 308 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 466 (47%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 96 (10%) · **■** Marginal 124 (12%)

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

- Herbana1,834 people
- Bhikari Chilema1,821 people
- Raygara1,800 people
- Sukurhutu1,760 people
- Tuima1,666 people
- Dhadanga1,614 people
- Gokulnagar1,608 people
- Amrabera1,603 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Banduan?1,688 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Banduan in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Banduan?60.1% (Census 2011)