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

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Village · Mejhia, Bankura 

# Benabad

Benabad is a village in Mejhia sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **499 people in 119 households**, the 51st largest of 72 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.8%.

- 499people (2011)
- 119households
- 62.5%literacy
- 876females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Benabad

Of every 100 households in Benabad in 2011, 10 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 4 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Benabad · ■ Mejhia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**47%

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

**16%

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

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**14%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****43%**

**52%

Use banking services ****4%**

**36%

Television ****4%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****4%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****42%**

**27%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Benabad?

■ Benabad · ■ Mejhia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.5%**

**66.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****876**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**937

Working population ****66.5%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.5% for men and 48.5% for women. 67% of men and 66% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 174 (52%) · **■** Farm labourers 141 (42%) · **■** Other work 9 (3%) · **■** Marginal 8 (2%)

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

- Nandanpur628 people
- Debagram620 people
- Parulia563 people
- Benathol534 people
- Jujghati494 people
- Janakpur455 people
- Kendut448 people
- Mukundapur422 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Benabad?499 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Benabad in?Bankura district (Mejhia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Benabad?62.5% (Census 2011)