# Burhigora Village, Bundwan, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Bundwan, Puruliya 

# Burhigora

Burhigora is a village in Bundwan sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **405 people in 86 households**, the 85th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.2%.

- 405people (2011)
- 86households
- 55.4%literacy
- 1,088females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Burhigora

Of every 100 households in Burhigora in 2011, 63 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Burhigora · ■ Bundwan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****63%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**4%

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

**0%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****31%**

**20%

Television ****2%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**19%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**27%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Burhigora?

■ Burhigora · ■ Bundwan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.4%**

**60.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1088**

**990

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1115**

**957

Working population ****57.3%**

**51.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.4% for men and 40.7% for women. 58% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 12 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 169 (73%) · **■** Other work 6 (3%) · **■** Marginal 45 (19%)

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

- Kapatdanga415 people
- Jorasal413 people
- Barudih411 people
- Senkebasa407 people
- Dulukdih Samil Kendapara405 people
- Hargara401 people
- Pachapani398 people
- Burijhor373 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Burhigora?405 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Burhigora in?Puruliya district (Bundwan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Burhigora?55.4% (Census 2011)