# Bodma Village, Kashipur, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Kashipur, Puruliya 

# Bodma

Bodma is a village in Kashipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,260 people in 240 households**, the 43rd largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.3%.

- 1,260people (2011)
- 240households
- 63.5%literacy
- 883females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bodma

Of every 100 households in Bodma in 2011, 20 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bodma · ■ Kashipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**30%

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

**8%

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

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

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

**6%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**84%

Use banking services ****57%**

**50%

Television ****2%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****2%**

**21%

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 Bodma?

■ Bodma · ■ Kashipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.5%**

**69.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****883**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****874**

**937

Working population ****38.5%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.7% for men and 47.6% for women. 48% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 38 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (1%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 18 (4%) · **■** Marginal 418 (86%)

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 Kashipur

- Murlu1,352 people
- Jinamanipur1,325 people
- Rangamatia1,316 people
- Kustor1,296 people
- Kushjuri1,252 people
- Lohat1,210 people
- Majurjura1,204 people
- Dhanera1,165 people

[All 209 villages in Kashipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/kashipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bodma?1,260 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bodma in?Puruliya district (Kashipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bodma?63.5% (Census 2011)