# Bansa Village, Puncha, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Puncha, Puruliya 

# Bansa

Bansa is a village in Puncha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,696 people in 522 households**, the 10th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 2,696people (2011)
- 522households
- 73.4%literacy
- 1,007females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bansa

Of every 100 households in Bansa in 2011, 17 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bansa · ■ Puncha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**29%

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

**7%

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

**92%

Tap water ****1%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**5%

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

**2%

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

**88%

Use banking services ****65%**

**34%

Television ****6%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**26%

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 Bansa?

■ Bansa · ■ Puncha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.4%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1007**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1126**

**969

Working population ****61.4%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.6% for men and 59.0% for women. 63% of men and 60% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 337 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 253 (15%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 58 (4%) · **■** Marginal 1,005 (61%)

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 Puncha

- Lapara3,267 people
- Badra3,082 people
- Kuruktopa2,964 people
- Laulara2,743 people
- Penchara2,614 people
- Matha2,446 people
- Deorang2,379 people
- Bagda2,370 people

[All 109 villages in Puncha](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/puncha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bansa?2,696 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bansa in?Puruliya district (Puncha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bansa?73.4% (Census 2011)