# Benagaria Village, Hirbandh, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Hirbandh, Bankura 

# Benagaria

Benagaria is a village in Hirbandh sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **431 people in 96 households**, the 69th largest of 116 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.2%.

- 431people (2011)
- 96households
- 56.7%literacy
- 874females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Benagaria

Of every 100 households in Benagaria in 2011, 18 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 5 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Benagaria · ■ Hirbandh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**94%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

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

**6%

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

**1%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****84%**

**50%

Television ****2%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****5%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****49%**

**31%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Benagaria?

■ Benagaria · ■ Hirbandh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.7%**

**64.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****874**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****412**

**969

Working population ****52.7%**

**44.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.0% for men and 36.4% for women. 56% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 18 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 84 (37%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 5 (2%) · **■** Marginal 119 (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 Hirbandh

- Tirsulia464 people
- Bhelai Diha456 people
- Uganpathar444 people
- Chaka Doba437 people
- Basudebpur408 people
- Husum Danga407 people
- Itamara394 people
- Harirampur391 people

[All 121 villages in Hirbandh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/hirbandh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Benagaria?431 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Benagaria in?Bankura district (Hirbandh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Benagaria?56.7% (Census 2011)