# Bhogpunji Village, Diamond Harbour - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Diamond Harbour - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Bhogpunji

Bhogpunji is a village in Diamond Harbour - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,660 people in 383 households**, the 37th largest of 67 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.3%.

- 1,660people (2011)
- 383households
- 76.3%literacy
- 983females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhogpunji

Of every 100 households in Bhogpunji in 2011, 55 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bhogpunji · ■ Diamond Harbour - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****55%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****39%**

**58%

No toilet (open defecation) ****58%**

**40%

Tap water ****4%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**1%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**90%

Use banking services ****32%**

**34%

Television ****34%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**44%

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 Bhogpunji?

■ Bhogpunji · ■ Diamond Harbour - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.3%**

**75.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****983**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****963**

**977

Working population ****37.6%**

**33.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.4% for men and 67.0% for women. 59% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 54 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 75 (12%) · **■** Household industry 12 (2%) · **■** Other work 316 (51%) · **■** Marginal 167 (27%)

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 Diamond Harbour - I

- Parulia1,825 people
- Purba Durgapur1,784 people
- Basuldanga1,749 people
- Chousa1,692 people
- Kalicharanpur1,660 people
- Matra1,587 people
- Santoshpur1,481 people
- Kankura1,456 people

[All 68 villages in Diamond Harbour - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/diamond-harbour-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhogpunji?1,660 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhogpunji in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Diamond Harbour - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhogpunji?76.3% (Census 2011)