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

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Village · Purulia - II, Puruliya 

# Bongabari

Bongabari is a village in Purulia - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,215 people in 762 households**, the 3rd largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 4,215people (2011)
- 762households
- 68.9%literacy
- 1,024females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bongabari

Of every 100 households in Bongabari in 2011, 50 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bongabari · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**93%

Tap water ****12%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****76%**

**84%

Use banking services ****66%**

**41%

Television ****37%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**25%

Own their home ****82%**

**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 Bongabari?

■ Bongabari · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.9%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1024**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1041**

**966

Working population ****35.5%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.8% for men and 56.2% for women. 54% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 244 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 108 (7%) · **■** Household industry 52 (3%) · **■** Other work 674 (45%) · **■** Marginal 420 (28%)

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

- Chharra6,131 people
- Sihuli4,551 people
- Ghongha3,803 people
- Dumdumi3,768 people
- Mahara3,367 people
- Malthol3,289 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bongabari?4,215 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bongabari in?Puruliya district (Purulia - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bongabari?68.9% (Census 2011)