# Bangan Village, Manbazar - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Manbazar - I, Puruliya 

# Bangan

Bangan is a village in Manbazar - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **252 people in 63 households**, the 154th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.6%.

- 252people (2011)
- 63households
- 76.3%literacy
- 1,066females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bangan

Of every 100 households in Bangan in 2011, 41 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bangan · ■ Manbazar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**89%

Use banking services ****13%**

**31%

Television ****18%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****49%**

**29%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Bangan?

■ Bangan · ■ Manbazar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.3%**

**62.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1066**

**975

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****2000**

**939

Working population ****36.9%**

**49.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.1% for men and 67.5% for women. 54% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 4 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (5%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 11 (12%) · **■** Marginal 72 (77%)

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 Manbazar - I

- Harekrishtapur258 people
- Gokulnagar257 people
- Menidi256 people
- Baraghutu254 people
- Dhadkidi250 people
- Goalapara247 people
- Dhanaradi239 people
- Jalahari237 people

[All 243 villages in Manbazar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/manbazar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bangan?252 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bangan in?Puruliya district (Manbazar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bangan?76.3% (Census 2011)