# Banshi Village, Indpur, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Indpur, Bankura 

# Banshi

Banshi is a village in Indpur sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **972 people in 217 households**, the 64th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 67.4%.

- 972people (2011)
- 217households
- 59.9%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Banshi

Of every 100 households in Banshi in 2011, 21 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Banshi · ■ Indpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**89%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

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

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**82%

Use banking services ****29%**

**48%

Television ****8%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**24%

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 Banshi?

■ Banshi · ■ Indpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.9%**

**67.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****919**

**932

Working population ****32.5%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.9% for men and 43.3% for women. 59% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 84 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 45 (14%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 76 (24%) · **■** Marginal 110 (35%)

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 Indpur

- Pathrator1,011 people
- Jirra1,007 people
- Shalkap1,004 people
- Ramchandrapur974 people
- Purulia964 people
- Sialia933 people
- Rajudi932 people
- Gokulnagar921 people

[All 222 villages in Indpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/indpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Banshi?972 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Banshi in?Bankura district (Indpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Banshi?59.9% (Census 2011)