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

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Village · Puncha, Puruliya 

# Butgora

Butgora is a village in Puncha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **309 people in 63 households**, the 87th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 309people (2011)
- 63households
- 74.4%literacy
- 896females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Butgora

Of every 100 households in Butgora in 2011, 31 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Butgora · ■ Puncha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**29%

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

**7%

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

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

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

**5%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**88%

Use banking services ****19%**

**34%

Television ****12%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**26%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Butgora?

■ Butgora · ■ Puncha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.4%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****896**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**969

Working population ****56.3%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.8% for men and 60.4% for women. 53% of men and 60% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 72 (41%) · **■** Farm labourers 58 (33%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 6 (3%) · **■** Marginal 36 (21%)

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

- Raghunathpur328 people
- Mahuladanga327 people
- Baraghutu313 people
- Birdang313 people
- Chaklalpur291 people
- Pratappur266 people
- Anandabazar254 people
- Bahadurpur180 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Butgora?309 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Butgora in?Puruliya district (Puncha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Butgora?74.4% (Census 2011)