# Bamunia Village, Bhangar - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bhangar - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Bamunia

Bamunia is a village in Bhangar - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **15,582 people in 3,056 households**, the 1st largest of 60 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.4%.

- 15,582people (2011)
- 3,056households
- 76.5%literacy
- 910females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bamunia

Of every 100 households in Bamunia in 2011, 39 had electricity, 75 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bamunia · ■ Bhangar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****75%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****20%**

**19%

Tap water ****2%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****42%**

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**93%

Use banking services ****16%**

**32%

Television ****6%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**11%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****19%**

**17%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Bamunia?

■ Bamunia · ■ Bhangar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.5%**

**74.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****910**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****962**

**962

Working population ****34.2%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.0% for men and 73.8% for women. 55% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 1,166 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,476 (28%) · **■** Household industry 268 (5%) · **■** Other work 1,331 (25%) · **■** Marginal 1,095 (21%)

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 Bhangar - II

- Pitha Pukuria11,078 people
- Uttar Kasipur10,782 people
- Tona8,915 people
- Uttar Kathalia8,628 people

[All 60 villages in Bhangar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/bhangar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bamunia?15,582 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bamunia in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Bhangar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bamunia?76.5% (Census 2011)