# Bena Village, Khatra, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Khatra, Bankura 

# Bena

Bena is a village in Khatra sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,040 people in 219 households**, the 29th largest of 146 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.3%.

- 1,040people (2011)
- 219households
- 76.5%literacy
- 1,008females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bena

Of every 100 households in Bena in 2011, 43 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bena · ■ Khatra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**90%

Tap water ****1%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**9%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**89%

Use banking services ****22%**

**57%

Television ****22%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**29%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Bena?

■ Bena · ■ Khatra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.5%**

**70.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1008**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****984**

**940

Working population ****36.5%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.5% for men and 65.7% for women. 51% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 14 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (2%) · **■** Household industry 25 (7%) · **■** Other work 76 (20%) · **■** Marginal 256 (67%)

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 Khatra

- Chaka1,148 people
- Kadra1,125 people
- Gorabari1,063 people
- Jiakanali1,053 people
- Bhedua1,035 people
- Ban Bedia1,028 people
- Jasara1,027 people
- Amdoba1,025 people

[All 153 villages in Khatra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/khatra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bena?1,040 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bena in?Bankura district (Khatra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bena?76.5% (Census 2011)