# Boch Village, Manbazar - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Manbazar - II, Puruliya 

# Boch

Boch is a village in Manbazar - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **610 people in 123 households**, the 70th largest of 124 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 60.3%.

- 610people (2011)
- 123households
- 64.7%literacy
- 843females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Boch

Of every 100 households in Boch in 2011, 36 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Boch · ■ Manbazar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**96%

Tap water ****2%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**4%

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

**0%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****2%**

**20%

Television ****2%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**26%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Boch?

■ Boch · ■ Manbazar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.7%**

**60.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****843**

**985

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****660**

**949

Working population ****65.6%**

**53.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.3% for men and 46.8% for women. 65% of men and 67% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 103 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (3%) · **■** Other work 7 (2%) · **■** Marginal 279 (70%)

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 - II

- Rayna Karakuru652 people
- Shusina650 people
- Dhadkidi Alias Chirka628 people
- Damjuri616 people
- Bhutadi586 people
- Durjaypara580 people
- Bikramdi570 people
- Dundlu552 people

[All 136 villages in Manbazar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/manbazar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Boch?610 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Boch in?Puruliya district (Manbazar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Boch?64.7% (Census 2011)