# Baghra Village, Purulia - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - II, Puruliya 

# Baghra

Baghra is a village in Purulia - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,221 people in 595 households**, the 8th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 3,221people (2011)
- 595households
- 68.2%literacy
- 953females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baghra

Of every 100 households in Baghra in 2011, 60 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Baghra · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**6%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**84%

Use banking services ****75%**

**41%

Television ****20%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**25%

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 Baghra?

■ Baghra · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.2%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****953**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****964**

**966

Working population ****37.3%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.2% for men and 53.6% for women. 49% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 84 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 43 (4%) · **■** Household industry 17 (1%) · **■** Other work 132 (11%) · **■** Marginal 925 (77%)

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 - II

- Ghongha3,803 people
- Dumdumi3,768 people
- Mahara3,367 people
- Malthol3,289 people
- Palanja3,142 people
- Golamara2,954 people
- Bhangra2,824 people
- Chainpur2,785 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baghra?3,221 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baghra in?Puruliya district (Purulia - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baghra?68.2% (Census 2011)