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

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Village · Purulia - II, Puruliya 

# Bhangra

Bhangra is a village in Purulia - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,824 people in 531 households**, the 11th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 2,824people (2011)
- 531households
- 77.3%literacy
- 934females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhangra

Of every 100 households in Bhangra in 2011, 35 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bhangra · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**93%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

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

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**84%

Use banking services ****41%**

**41%

Television ****32%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**25%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Bhangra?

■ Bhangra · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.3%**

**63.5%

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

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****962**

**966

Working population ****37.4%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.5% for men and 64.2% for women. 53% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 277 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 70 (7%) · **■** Household industry 34 (3%) · **■** Other work 255 (24%) · **■** Marginal 420 (40%)

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

- Malthol3,289 people
- Baghra3,221 people
- Palanja3,142 people
- Golamara2,954 people
- Chainpur2,785 people
- Belma2,773 people
- Naudiha2,765 people
- Pithajora2,717 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhangra?2,824 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhangra in?Puruliya district (Purulia - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhangra?77.3% (Census 2011)