# Bhagaband Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Bhagaband

Bhagaband is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,946 people in 389 households**, the 9th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 1,946people (2011)
- 389households
- 58.0%literacy
- 906females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhagaband

Of every 100 households in Bhagaband in 2011, 15 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bhagaband · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**5%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****44%**

**85%

Use banking services ****27%**

**41%

Television ****5%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**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 Bhagaband?

■ Bhagaband · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.0%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****906**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****763**

**957

Working population ****43.1%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.8% for men and 43.2% for women. 52% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 79 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 159 (19%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 123 (15%) · **■** Marginal 471 (56%)

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

- Raidih2,195 people
- Ulda2,029 people
- Latpada2,016 people
- Puryara1,995 people
- Rupapatia1,933 people
- Banjora1,903 people
- Herbana1,834 people
- Bhikari Chilema1,821 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhagaband?1,946 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhagaband in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhagaband?58.0% (Census 2011)