# Ban Ashuria Village, Gangajalghati, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangajalghati, Bankura 

# Ban Ashuria

Ban Ashuria is a village in Gangajalghati sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,078 people in 479 households**, the 25th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 2,078people (2011)
- 479households
- 60.5%literacy
- 970females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ban Ashuria

Of every 100 households in Ban Ashuria in 2011, 27 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Ban Ashuria · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**86%

Tap water ****16%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****59%**

**67%

Use banking services ****29%**

**43%

Television ****24%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****51%**

**25%

Own their home ****96%**

**97%

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 Ban Ashuria?

■ Ban Ashuria · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.5%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****970**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****975**

**908

Working population ****28.1%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.0% for men and 49.8% for women. 48% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 28 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 77 (13%) · **■** Household industry 24 (4%) · **■** Other work 262 (45%) · **■** Marginal 193 (33%)

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 Gangajalghati

- Sibipara2,190 people
- Deuli2,155 people
- Nityanandapur2,151 people
- Benagari2,135 people
- Barasal Srirampur2,070 people
- Ranganathpur2,022 people
- Barajuri1,940 people
- Nabagram1,911 people

[All 165 villages in Gangajalghati](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/gangajalghati/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ban Ashuria?2,078 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ban Ashuria in?Bankura district (Gangajalghati sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ban Ashuria?60.5% (Census 2011)