# Banshi Village, Bankura - I, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Bankura - I, Bankura 

# Banshi

Banshi is a village in Bankura - I sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,156 people in 456 households**, the 10th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.7%.

- 2,156people (2011)
- 456households
- 80.0%literacy
- 942females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Banshi

Of every 100 households in Banshi in 2011, 48 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Banshi · ■ Bankura - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**84%

Tap water ****2%**

**25%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**6%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****12%**

**68%

Use banking services ****41%**

**35%

Television ****27%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Banshi?

■ Banshi · ■ Bankura - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.0%**

**68.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****942**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****820**

**961

Working population ****35.1%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.6% for men and 69.9% for women. 57% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 99 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 34 (4%) · **■** Household industry 16 (2%) · **■** Other work 496 (66%) · **■** Marginal 111 (15%)

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 Bankura - I

- Nutangaon3,362 people
- Jagadalla2,660 people
- Molbana2,471 people
- Andharthaul2,177 people
- Badra2,016 people
- Shushunia1,680 people
- Jalhari1,584 people
- Kargahir1,473 people

[All 150 villages in Bankura - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/bankura-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Banshi?2,156 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Banshi in?Bankura district (Bankura - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Banshi?80.0% (Census 2011)