# Banbazar Village, Tulashikhar, West Tripura (Tripura) > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/tripura/west-tripura/tulashikhar/banbazar/ Village · Tulashikhar, West Tripura # Banbazar Banbazar is a village in Tulashikhar sub-district of West Tripura district, Tripura, PIN code **799201**. The 2011 Census counted **2,214 people in 514 households**, the 9th largest of 23 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 84.4%. - 2,214people (2011) - 514households - 87.8%literacy - 799201PIN code ## Banbazar PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Banbazar is 799201.** Banbazar falls in Tulashikhar sub-district, West Tripura district, Tripura. - PIN code799201 - Community development blockTulashikhar - Census village code271919 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Banbazar from nearby towns? - Tulashikhar (sub-district HQ)30 km by road - Agartala (district HQ)80 km by road - Khowai (nearest town)13 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 Banbazar? 20 services counted by the Census are inside Banbazar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private - ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private - ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private - ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 2 · 2 doctors - ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 2 doctors - ●Allopathic hospitalIn village · 2 · 2 doctors - ●Alternative medicine hospitalIn village · 2 · 2 doctors - ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Post officeIn village - ●Sub post officeIn village - ●Mobile phone coverageIn village - ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village - ●All-weather roadIn village - ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village - ●Mandi / regular marketIn village - ●Weekly haatIn village - ●Anganwadi centreIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Degree college10+ km · Khowai - ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Khowai - ○Public bus service10+ km - ○Railway station10+ km - ○ATM10+ km - ○Commercial bank10+ km - ○Public library10+ km ### Water and power - Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds - Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 12 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 Banbazar known for? The main crops are **vegetables, vegetables and coffee**. Products made here include jute, pottery, dry fishes, bamboo stick, scarf and scarf. About 50% of the 701 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 Banbazar Of every 100 households in Banbazar in 2011, 40 had electricity, 93 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 2 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car. ■ Banbazar · ■ Tulashikhar rural average Electricity for lighting ****40%** **35% Toilet within the home ****93%** **59% No toilet (open defecation) ****7%** **35% Tap water ****1%** **4% Drinking water within premises ****82%** **17% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%** **2% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%** **98% Use banking services ****93%** **73% Television ****14%** **21% Mobile phone ****2%** **15% Computer with internet ****0%** **0% Two-wheeler ****2%** **4% Car / jeep / van ****0%** **1% None of these assets ****60%** **36% Own their home ****99%** **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 Banbazar? ■ Banbazar · ■ Tulashikhar rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****87.8%** **84.4% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****982** **955 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1134** **982 Working population ****36.9%** **46.8% ### Women and men Literacy is 91.0% for men and 84.4% for women. 57% of men and 16% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 115 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 550 (67%) · **■** Household industry 16 (2%) · **■** Other work 87 (11%) · **■** Marginal 50 (6%) 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 Tulashikhar - Purba Laxmichhara2,739 people - Paschim Laxmichhara2,562 people - Paschim Karangichhara2,464 people - Purba Champachhara2,316 people - Paschim Bachaibari2,038 people - Jagna Kobrabari2,027 people - Asharambari1,852 people - Purba Karangichhara1,736 people [All 23 villages in Tulashikhar](https://wherepedia.org/india/tripura/west-tripura/tulashikhar/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Banbazar?799201 - How far is Banbazar from Agartala?80 km by road - What is the population of Banbazar?2,214 (Census 2011) - Which district is Banbazar in?West Tripura district (Tulashikhar sub-district), Tripura - What is the literacy rate of Banbazar?87.8% (Census 2011)