# Brahmanara Village, Gangajalghati, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangajalghati, Bankura 

# Brahmanara

Brahmanara is a village in Gangajalghati sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **450 people in 100 households**, the 120th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 450people (2011)
- 100households
- 74.9%literacy
- 991females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Brahmanara

Of every 100 households in Brahmanara in 2011, 42 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 13 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Brahmanara · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**86%

Tap water ****93%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****13%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****65%**

**67%

Use banking services ****31%**

**43%

Television ****29%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Brahmanara?

■ Brahmanara · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.9%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****991**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1074**

**908

Working population ****36.7%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.4% for men and 68.2% for women. 48% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 15 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 100 (61%) · **■** Other work 43 (26%) · **■** Marginal 7 (4%)

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

- Arjunpur476 people
- Sudarshanpur468 people
- Sankarara465 people
- Menjua452 people
- Gobardhanpur450 people
- Suarara449 people
- Chhota Kumira416 people
- Bhalukathol401 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Brahmanara?450 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Brahmanara in?Bankura district (Gangajalghati sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Brahmanara?74.9% (Census 2011)