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

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Village · Puncha, Puruliya 

# Bhutam

Bhutam is a village in Puncha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,139 people in 220 households**, the 43rd largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 1,139people (2011)
- 220households
- 69.5%literacy
- 934females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhutam

Of every 100 households in Bhutam in 2011, 38 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bhutam · ■ Puncha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**92%

Tap water ****1%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**5%

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

**2%

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

**88%

Use banking services ****56%**

**34%

Television ****15%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Bhutam?

■ Bhutam · ■ Puncha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.5%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****934**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****897**

**969

Working population ****57.9%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.1% for men and 61.4% for women. 61% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 215 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 259 (39%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 53 (8%) · **■** Marginal 124 (19%)

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

- Chandatiri1,264 people
- Bharatdi1,238 people
- Kendadi1,236 people
- Agaya1,187 people
- Kundhurka1,121 people
- Gangadi999 people
- Balakdi982 people
- Panruda969 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhutam?1,139 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhutam in?Puruliya district (Puncha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhutam?69.5% (Census 2011)