# Baniyana Village, Chakrata, Dehradun (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Chakrata, Dehradun 

# Baniyana

Baniyana is a village in Chakrata sub-district of Dehradun district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **610 people in 82 households**, the 18th largest of 110 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 42.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.3%.

- 610people (2011)
- 82households
- 42.1%literacy
- 924females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baniyana

Of every 100 households in Baniyana in 2011, 100 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baniyana · ■ Chakrata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**71%

Tap water ****0%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**28%

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

**6%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****85%**

**81%

Television ****1%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****57%**

**20%

Own their home ****100%**

**91%

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 Baniyana?

■ Baniyana · ■ Chakrata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****42.1%**

**60.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****924**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****922**

**992

Working population ****47.2%**

**48.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 48.6% for men and 35.0% for women. 52% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 14 (5%) · **■** Household industry 120 (42%) · **■** Other work 3 (1%) · **■** Marginal 151 (52%)

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 Chakrata

- Siribarkoti690 people
- Kota666 people
- Mailoth643 people
- Maghgaon614 people
- Hajta593 people
- Punaha Pokhari575 people
- Buraswa574 people
- Myudha567 people

[All 110 villages in Chakrata](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/dehradun/chakrata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baniyana?610 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baniyana in?Dehradun district (Chakrata sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Baniyana?42.1% (Census 2011)