Village · Harraiya, Basti
# Bankata

Bankata is a village in Harraiya sub-district of Basti district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 355 people in 58 households, the 907th largest of 1,457 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.3%.
- 355 people (2011)
- 58 households
- 82.1% literacy
- 983 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bankata

Of every 100 households in Bankata in 2011, 59 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 78 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Bankata · ■ Harraiya rural average
- Electricity for lighting 59% 24%
- Toilet within the home 0% 12%
- No toilet (open defecation) 100% 87%
- Tap water 100% 35%
- Drinking water within premises 92% 48%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 6% 6%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 92% 94%
- Use banking services 92% 91%
- Television 22% 16%
- Mobile phone 78% 71%
- Computer with internet 2% 1%
- Two-wheeler 18% 16%
- Car / jeep / van 4% 3%
- None of these assets 6% 6%
- Own their home 100% 99%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Bankata?

■ Bankata · ■ Harraiya rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 82.1% 66.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 983 967
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1667 928
- Working population 25.4% 31.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.7% for men and 67.1% for women. 42% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 41 (46%) · ■ Farm labourers 2 (2%) · ■ Other work 10 (11%) · ■ Marginal 37 (41%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Harraiya
- Budhaipur 356 people
- Jivpur 356 people
- Sonvarsa 356 people
- Tinperiya 356 people
- Banwariya 355 people
- Sabahi Dhees 355 people
- Chilbila 354 people
- Jiganiya 353 people

All 1,527 villages in Harraiya

## Other places named Bankata
- Bankata · Village, Hata, Kushinagar · 3,017 people
- Bankata · Village, Benipatti, Madhubani · 2,853 people
- Bankata · Village, Kuchaikote, Gopalganj · 2,641 people
- Bankata · Village, Bahraich, Bahraich · 1,972 people
- Bankata · Village, Bansi, Siddharthnagar · 1,533 people
- Bankata · Village, Fatehpur, Fatehpur · 1,482 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Bankata? 355 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bankata in? Basti district (Harraiya sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bankata? 82.1% (Census 2011)

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