# Bhasamkata Village, Bundwan, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Bundwan, Puruliya 

# Bhasamkata

Bhasamkata is a village in Bundwan sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **457 people in 103 households**, the 74th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.2%.

- 457people (2011)
- 103households
- 55.5%literacy
- 936females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhasamkata

Of every 100 households in Bhasamkata in 2011, 49 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bhasamkata · ■ Bundwan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**34%

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

**4%

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

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

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

**4%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****53%**

**97%

Use banking services ****9%**

**20%

Television ****8%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**19%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**27%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Bhasamkata?

■ Bhasamkata · ■ Bundwan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.5%**

**60.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**990

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1087**

**957

Working population ****61.5%**

**51.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.4% for men and 39.3% for women. 59% of men and 64% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 9 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 13 (5%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 27 (10%) · **■** Marginal 229 (81%)

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 Bundwan

- Shalbani489 people
- Ghaghra478 people
- Mahulabana472 people
- Jobnagora468 people
- Chhotakaram447 people
- Pargora445 people
- Beko432 people
- Gholhunra430 people

[All 134 villages in Bundwan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/bundwan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhasamkata?457 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhasamkata in?Puruliya district (Bundwan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhasamkata?55.5% (Census 2011)