# Banjora Village, Mejhia, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Mejhia, Bankura 

# Banjora

Banjora is a village in Mejhia sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,529 people in 305 households**, the 20th largest of 72 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.8%.

- 1,529people (2011)
- 305households
- 67.7%literacy
- 999females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Banjora

Of every 100 households in Banjora in 2011, 50 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Banjora · ■ Mejhia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**47%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**14%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****74%**

**52%

Use banking services ****69%**

**36%

Television ****29%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**27%

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 Banjora?

■ Banjora · ■ Mejhia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.7%**

**66.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****999**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****878**

**937

Working population ****34.1%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.7% for men and 56.8% for women. 59% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 74 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 199 (38%) · **■** Household industry 12 (2%) · **■** Other work 173 (33%) · **■** Marginal 64 (12%)

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 Mejhia

- Ranipur1,912 people
- Jot-Sriram1,833 people
- Tegharia1,787 people
- Kansara1,687 people
- Parbatipur1,338 people
- Pairasol1,277 people
- Jugibag1,264 people
- Jangpur1,252 people

[All 75 villages in Mejhia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/mejhia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Banjora?1,529 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Banjora in?Bankura district (Mejhia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Banjora?67.7% (Census 2011)