# Bankata Village, Sikanderpur, Ballia (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sikanderpur, Ballia 

# Bankata

Bankata is a village in Sikanderpur sub-district of Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,216 people in 196 households**, the 90th largest of 217 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.7%.

- 1,216people (2011)
- 196households
- 65.6%literacy
- 1,051females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bankata

Of every 100 households in Bankata in 2011, 8 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bankata · ■ Sikanderpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**78%

Tap water ****5%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**63%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**93%

Use banking services ****95%**

**78%

Television ****10%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**13%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****11%**

**11%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Bankata?

■ Bankata · ■ Sikanderpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.6%**

**70.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1051**

**963

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****880**

**903

Working population ****12.5%**

**30.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.8% for men and 51.9% for women. 21% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 29 (19%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 16 (11%) · **■** Marginal 105 (69%)

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 Sikanderpur

- Kodai1,318 people
- Jamalpur1,285 people
- Balesadi1,262 people
- Khatanga1,229 people
- Harsand1,190 people
- Mishrouli1,186 people
- Mahuwa Par Urf Dakin Ganj1,162 people
- Malada1,122 people

[All 241 villages in Sikanderpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/ballia/sikanderpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bankata?1,216 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bankata in?Ballia district (Sikanderpur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bankata?65.6% (Census 2011)