# Bhandar Kuli Village, Para, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Para, Puruliya 

# Bhandar Kuli

Bhandar Kuli is a village in Para sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,380 people in 235 households**, the 47th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.2%.

- 1,380people (2011)
- 235households
- 56.5%literacy
- 872females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhandar Kuli

Of every 100 households in Bhandar Kuli in 2011, 30 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bhandar Kuli · ■ Para rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**26%

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

**6%

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

**92%

Tap water ****2%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**8%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**79%

Use banking services ****59%**

**47%

Television ****19%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****3%**

**20%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Bhandar Kuli?

■ Bhandar Kuli · ■ Para rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.5%**

**65.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****872**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****677**

**968

Working population ****40.4%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.5% for men and 35.8% for women. 51% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 54 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 36 (6%) · **■** Marginal 465 (83%)

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

- Baishyakuli1,490 people
- Pabra1,478 people
- Dhulabad1,448 people
- Sanar1,426 people
- Rangamatya1,353 people
- Haraktor1,309 people
- Turradi1,300 people
- Gahira1,231 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhandar Kuli?1,380 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhandar Kuli in?Puruliya district (Para sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhandar Kuli?56.5% (Census 2011)