Village · Khatra, Bankura
# Bantilla

Bantilla is a village in Khatra sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,194 people in 281 households, the 23rd largest of 146 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.3%.
- 1,194 people (2011)
- 281 households
- 71.6% literacy
- 983 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bantilla

Of every 100 households in Bantilla in 2011, 15 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bantilla · ■ Khatra rural average
- Electricity for lighting 15% 30%
- Toilet within the home 3% 9%
- No toilet (open defecation) 96% 90%
- Tap water 0% 10%
- Drinking water within premises 6% 9%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 3%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 97% 89%
- Use banking services 26% 57%
- Television 4% 13%
- Mobile phone 28% 28%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 3% 7%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 32% 29%
- Own their home 100% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Bantilla?

■ Bantilla · ■ Khatra rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 71.6% 70.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 983 948
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1000 940
- Working population 48.3% 39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.3% for men and 58.7% for women. 58% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 93 (16%) · ■ Farm labourers 47 (8%) · ■ Household industry 8 (1%) · ■ Other work 51 (9%) · ■ Marginal 378 (66%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Khatra
- Guyanala 1,343 people
- Baragar 1,273 people
- Dharra Muli 1,258 people
- Sindurpeti 1,243 people
- Dumuria 1,182 people
- Chaka 1,148 people
- Kadra 1,125 people
- Gorabari 1,063 people

All 153 villages in Khatra

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Bantilla? 1,194 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bantilla in? Bankura district (Khatra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bantilla? 71.6% (Census 2011)

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