# Bhursa Village, Purulia - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - I, Puruliya 

# Bhursa

Bhursa is a village in Purulia - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **341 people in 67 households**, the 98th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 341people (2011)
- 67households
- 72.6%literacy
- 927females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhursa

Of every 100 households in Bhursa in 2011, 47 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bhursa · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**31%

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

**7%

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

**92%

Tap water ****2%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****34%**

**84%

Use banking services ****22%**

**44%

Television ****24%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Bhursa?

■ Bhursa · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.6%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****927**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****875**

**934

Working population ****56.0%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.7% for men and 62.9% for women. 55% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 16 (8%) · **■** Marginal 173 (91%)

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

- Ranipur396 people
- Tilagara362 people
- Kalidasdi352 people
- Koldi346 people
- Gosaindi316 people
- Narradi299 people
- Dhekiya240 people
- Bamra216 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhursa?341 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhursa in?Puruliya district (Purulia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhursa?72.6% (Census 2011)