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

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Village · Para, Puruliya 

# Bhagaband

Bhagaband is a village in Para sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,433 people in 645 households**, the 8th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.2%.

- 3,433people (2011)
- 645households
- 70.5%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhagaband

Of every 100 households in Bhagaband in 2011, 41 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bhagaband · ■ Para rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****34%**

**79%

Use banking services ****38%**

**47%

Television ****24%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**20%

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 Bhagaband?

■ Bhagaband · ■ Para rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.5%**

**65.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****982**

**968

Working population ****45.9%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.9% for men and 55.2% for women. 58% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 161 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 85 (5%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 223 (14%) · **■** Marginal 1,103 (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 Para

- Phusrabaid4,205 people
- Palma3,900 people
- Sarulya3,505 people
- Lipanya3,503 people
- Asurbandh3,357 people
- Tentulhiti3,341 people
- Jabarra3,244 people
- Jaynagar Alias Udaypur2,944 people

[All 132 villages in Para](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/para/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhagaband?3,433 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhagaband in?Puruliya district (Para sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhagaband?70.5% (Census 2011)