# Bamania, Jhalda - II, Puruliya – Population & Literacy

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Bamania

Bamania is a village in [Jhalda - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-ii/) sub-district of [Puruliya](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **2,785 people in 455 households**, the 8th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 2,785people (2011)
- 455households
- 58.4%literacy
- 1,001females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bamania

Of every 100 households in Bamania in 2011, 20 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bamania · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**21%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**8%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****4%**

**80%

Use banking services ****21%**

**30%

Television ****12%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**0%

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

**35%

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 Bamania?

■ Bamania · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.4%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1001**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1019**

**973

Working population ****49.4%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.8% for men and 33.9% for women. 48% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 31 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (1%) · **■** Household industry 555 (40%) · **■** Other work 70 (5%) · **■** Marginal 712 (52%)

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 Jhalda - II

- Chitmu3,893 people
- Bartalia3,586 people
- Uparbatari3,418 people
- Kachahatu3,057 people
- Buruhara Alias Majhidi2,753 people
- Murguma2,749 people
- Dimu2,471 people
- Matkuma2,465 people

[All 129 villages in Jhalda - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-ii/villages/)

## Other places named Bamania

- Bamania · Village, Indus, Bankura · 2,918 people
- Bamania · Village, Contai - III, Purba Medinipur · 1,011 people
- Bamania · Village, Thakurgangti, Godda · 352 people

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bamania?2,785 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bamania in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bamania?58.4% (Census 2011)