# Bhandar Puara Village, Purulia - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - I, Puruliya 

# Bhandar Puara

Bhandar Puara is a village in Purulia - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,490 people in 499 households**, the 19th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 2,490people (2011)
- 499households
- 68.4%literacy
- 910females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhandar Puara

Of every 100 households in Bhandar Puara in 2011, 22 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bhandar Puara · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**31%

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

**7%

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

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**8%

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

**3%

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

**84%

Use banking services ****19%**

**44%

Television ****6%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Puara?

■ Bhandar Puara · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.4%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****910**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****758**

**934

Working population ****37.9%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.6% for men and 55.4% for women. 50% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 328 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 112 (12%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 97 (10%) · **■** Marginal 397 (42%)

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 Purulia - I

- Nadiyara2,912 people
- Rudra2,659 people
- Simulia2,659 people
- Ramnagar2,589 people
- Baligara2,458 people
- Chirka2,398 people
- Balguma2,353 people
- Durku2,315 people

[All 114 villages in Purulia - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/purulia-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhandar Puara?2,490 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhandar Puara in?Puruliya district (Purulia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhandar Puara?68.4% (Census 2011)