# Machh Banda Village, Gangajalghati, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangajalghati, Bankura 

# Machh Banda

Machh Banda is a village in Gangajalghati sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,222 people in 259 households**, the 52nd largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 1,222people (2011)
- 259households
- 58.6%literacy
- 974females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Machh Banda

Of every 100 households in Machh Banda in 2011, 52 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Machh Banda · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**86%

Tap water ****28%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****69%**

**67%

Use banking services ****35%**

**43%

Television ****25%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**25%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Machh Banda?

■ Machh Banda · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.6%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****974**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1101**

**908

Working population ****39.0%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.2% for men and 46.5% for women. 55% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 15 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 206 (43%) · **■** Marginal 253 (53%)

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

- Lalpur Bara1,247 people
- Srichandrapur1,243 people
- Konra1,231 people
- Pheguasol1,230 people
- Beldanga1,219 people
- Ramkanali1,173 people
- Selera1,170 people
- Bhatla Para1,152 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Machh Banda?1,222 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Machh Banda in?Bankura district (Gangajalghati sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Machh Banda?58.6% (Census 2011)