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Bhunighra Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Bhunighra is a medium size village located in Bagmundi Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 99 families residing. The Bhunighra village has population of 505 of which 265 are males while 240 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bhunighra village population of children with age 0-6 is 111 which makes up 21.98 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bhunighra village is 906 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Bhunighra as per census is 881, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Bhunighra village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Bhunighra village was 54.57 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Bhunighra Male literacy stands at 68.93 % while female literacy rate was 38.83 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Bhunighra village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Bhunighra village.

Bhunighra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 99 - -
Population 505 265 240
Child (0-6) 111 59 52
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 498 263 235
Literacy 54.57 % 68.93 % 38.83 %
Total Workers 184 127 57
Main Worker 67 - -
Marginal Worker 117 65 52

Caste Factor

In Bhunighra village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.61 % of total population in Bhunighra village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Bhunighra village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Bhunighra village out of total population, 184 were engaged in work activities. 36.41 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 63.59 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 184 workers engaged in Main Work, 12 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 44 were Agricultural labourer.