# Banshgari Village, Chandankiyari, Bokaro (Jharkhand)

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Village · Chandankiyari, Bokaro 

# Banshgari

Banshgari is a village in Chandankiyari sub-district of Bokaro district, Jharkhand. The 2011 Census counted **1,161 people in 208 households**, the 69th largest of 122 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.0%.

- 1,161people (2011)
- 208households
- 66.0%literacy
- 885females per 1,000 males

## Banshgari PIN code and other codes

Banshgari falls in Chandankiyari sub-district, Bokaro district, Jharkhand.

- Gram panchayatBogla
- Community development blockChandankiyari
- Census village code362829

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Banshgari from nearby towns?

- Chandankiyari (sub-district HQ)5 km by road
- Bokaro (district HQ)35 km by road
- Chas (nearest town)30 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Banshgari?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Banshgari; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Chandankiyari
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bokaro
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chas
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)4 h summer · 6 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Banshgari known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 54% of the 377 hectares of village land is sown, and 2 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Banshgari

Of every 100 households in Banshgari in 2011, 36 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Banshgari · ■ Chandankiyari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**96%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**9%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**77%

Use banking services ****22%**

**41%

Television ****15%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**17%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Banshgari?

■ Banshgari · ■ Chandankiyari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.0%**

**63.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****885**

**927

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1081**

**959

Working population ****43.0%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.2% for men and 45.8% for women. 53% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 28 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 118 (24%) · **■** Household industry 9 (2%) · **■** Other work 178 (36%) · **■** Marginal 166 (33%)

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 Chandankiyari

- Kanchanpur1,219 people
- Agardi1,217 people
- Chandipur1,206 people
- Gurri1,162 people
- Kanakchas1,153 people
- Machatanr1,136 people
- Barda1,125 people
- Bodma1,114 people

[All 128 villages in Chandankiyari](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/bokaro/chandankiyari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Banshgari from Bokaro?35 km by road
- What is the population of Banshgari?1,161 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Banshgari in?Bokaro district (Chandankiyari sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Banshgari?66.0% (Census 2011)