# Bamunia Village, Canning - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Canning - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Bamunia

Bamunia is a village in Canning - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,128 people in 397 households**, the 34th largest of 61 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.8%.

- 2,128people (2011)
- 397households
- 66.9%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bamunia

Of every 100 households in Bamunia in 2011, 42 had electricity, 78 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bamunia · ■ Canning - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****78%**

**57%

No toilet (open defecation) ****22%**

**41%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**6%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**92%

Use banking services ****30%**

**12%

Television ****6%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****54%**

**47%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Bamunia?

■ Bamunia · ■ Canning - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.9%**

**66.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**965

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****830**

**961

Working population ****35.8%**

**33.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.0% for men and 57.5% for women. 53% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 40 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 265 (35%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 73 (10%) · **■** Marginal 382 (50%)

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 Canning - II

- Jibantala2,355 people
- Sastakhali2,325 people
- Paina2,314 people
- Kaluakhali2,226 people
- Mukhujya Para1,847 people
- Ganti1,752 people
- Bakultala1,727 people
- Hadiya1,701 people

[All 61 villages in Canning - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/canning-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bamunia?2,128 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bamunia in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Canning - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bamunia?66.9% (Census 2011)