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

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Village · Puncha, Puruliya 

# Bhagaband

Bhagaband is a village in Puncha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,497 people in 293 households**, the 36th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 1,497people (2011)
- 293households
- 67.8%literacy
- 983females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhagaband

Of every 100 households in Bhagaband in 2011, 26 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bhagaband · ■ Puncha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**5%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**88%

Use banking services ****23%**

**34%

Television ****19%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**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 Bhagaband?

■ Bhagaband · ■ Puncha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.8%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****983**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****942**

**969

Working population ****51.1%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.5% for men and 54.9% for women. 60% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 71 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 100 (13%) · **■** Other work 186 (24%) · **■** Marginal 408 (53%)

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

- Tatari1,622 people
- Noagarh1,605 people
- Gholkund1,566 people
- Saurang1,501 people
- Bishpuria1,424 people
- Dharampur1,298 people
- Chandatiri1,264 people
- Bharatdi1,238 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhagaband?1,497 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhagaband in?Puruliya district (Puncha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhagaband?67.8% (Census 2011)