# Bhagaband Village, Hura, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Hura, Puruliya 

# Bhagaband

Bhagaband is a village in Hura sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,147 people in 615 households**, the 10th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 3,147people (2011)
- 615households
- 75.2%literacy
- 996females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhagaband

Of every 100 households in Bhagaband in 2011, 44 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bhagaband · ■ Hura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**92%

Tap water ****2%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**5%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**75%

Use banking services ****70%**

**41%

Television ****19%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

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

**25%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 · ■ Hura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.2%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****996**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****909**

**954

Working population ****43.2%**

**48.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.9% for men and 63.6% for women. 52% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 237 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 148 (11%) · **■** Household industry 13 (1%) · **■** Other work 305 (22%) · **■** Marginal 656 (48%)

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 Hura

- Bishpuria3,661 people
- Ladhurka3,652 people
- Hura3,419 people
- Khairipihira3,161 people
- Baragram3,060 people
- Dhabani3,035 people
- Lakshanpur2,973 people
- Tanginayada2,483 people

[All 116 villages in Hura](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/hura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhagaband?3,147 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhagaband in?Puruliya district (Hura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhagaband?75.2% (Census 2011)