# Benashol Village, Baharagora, Purbi Singhbhum (Jharkhand)

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Village · Baharagora, Purbi Singhbhum 

# Benashol

Benashol is a village in Baharagora sub-district of Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, PIN code **832301**. The 2011 Census counted **143 people in 34 households**, the 277th largest of 359 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.5%.

- 143people (2011)
- 34households
- 60.7%literacy
- 832301PIN code

## Benashol PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Benashol is 832301.** Benashol falls in Baharagora sub-district, Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code832301
- Gram panchayatPathra
- Community development blockBaharagora
- Census village code364543

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

## How far is Benashol from nearby towns?

- Baharagora (sub-district HQ)16 km by road
- Chakulia (nearest town)18 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 Benashol?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Benashol; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Bahragora
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Barhagora
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bahragora
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)5 h summer · 7 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 Benashol known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 21% of the 328 hectares of village land is sown.

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

## Homes and amenities in Benashol

Of every 100 households in Benashol in 2011, 89 had electricity, 37 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Benashol · ■ Baharagora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****89%**

**78%

Toilet within the home ****37%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****63%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**21%

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

**5%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****51%**

**57%

Television ****6%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**20%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Benashol?

■ Benashol · ■ Baharagora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.7%**

**64.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1014**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****909**

**944

Working population ****57.3%**

**44.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.0% for men and 51.6% for women. 62% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 11 (13%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 5 (6%) · **■** Marginal 65 (79%)

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 Baharagora

- Tentuldangra151 people
- Chandabila150 people
- Chandiyas149 people
- Sijua149 people
- Asangerya142 people
- Dighimunda142 people
- Bali Kunriya141 people
- Raugiyadhara141 people

[All 451 villages in Baharagora](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/purbi-singhbhum/baharagora/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Benashol?832301
- What is the population of Benashol?143 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Benashol in?Purbi Singhbhum district (Baharagora sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Benashol?60.7% (Census 2011)