# Baghaband Village, Santuri, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Santuri, Puruliya 

# Baghaband

Baghaband is a village in Santuri sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,214 people in 254 households**, the 17th largest of 92 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.

- 1,214people (2011)
- 254households
- 62.7%literacy
- 961females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baghaband

Of every 100 households in Baghaband in 2011, 31 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Baghaband · ■ Santuri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**86%

Tap water ****6%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**6%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****80%**

**67%

Use banking services ****46%**

**52%

Television ****14%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**22%

Own their home ****95%**

**96%

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 Baghaband?

■ Baghaband · ■ Santuri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.7%**

**65.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****961**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****736**

**973

Working population ****36.2%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.1% for men and 48.3% for women. 55% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 49 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 16 (4%) · **■** Household industry 8 (2%) · **■** Other work 61 (14%) · **■** Marginal 306 (70%)

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 Santuri

- Marbedya1,397 people
- Ghoramurga1,246 people
- Dumdumi1,244 people
- Kulai1,217 people
- Talberya1,141 people
- Salberya1,018 people
- Manpur1,014 people
- Kalipahari994 people

[All 103 villages in Santuri](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/santuri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baghaband?1,214 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baghaband in?Puruliya district (Santuri sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baghaband?62.7% (Census 2011)